Should you’ve lately tried to open a sideloaded e-book in your Kindle and hit a wall, you’re not alone. Beginning this week, customers throughout Reddit’s r/kindle group started reporting a sudden “Invalid ASIN” error message. The alert claims the chosen title isn’t legitimate for Digital buy on the Kindle, even when the e-book was loaded through USB or e-mail relatively than purchased via Amazon’s storefront. Notably, the error solely appears to have an effect on unread sideloaded titles. Books that had been opened beforehand nonetheless launch as anticipated.

Oddly sufficient, when you navigate by tapping the three dots, then Go to, then choose a chapter, you may crack open affected books. Toggling Airplane Mode can even show you how to escape a redirect loop to the Kindle Retailer, although it hasn’t labored for everybody.

It appears that evidently Kindle’s most up-to-date replace is the rationale contemporary sideloads are dealing with points. For a lot of readers, sideloading is a vital characteristic. Blocking these information, even inadvertently, cuts into the Kindle’s attraction as a flexible e-reader.

In response to consumer complaints, Amazon has weighed in on the issue through a publish on its official Kindle discussion board. An organization consultant wrote:

Our technical staff is conscious of the difficulty and so they’re engaged on a decision. Any updates to this difficulty can be supplied right here as they’re made accessible.

So whereas there’s no ETA for a repair but, no less than Kindle house owners can relaxation assured the difficulty is on Amazon’s radar.