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01-23-2012, 01:57 AM | #1 |
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Kindle Touch cannot read some books, causes hanging when navigating the index
After uploading some books to my Kindle Touch, I've noticed that occasionally a book will cause the device to choke. As in, when I page through the book index, the device will hang for a few minutes when I try to swipe to a page with the offending book, and then show a bunch of blank entries. Eventually the Kindle advances to the next page but only after a considerable delay, and when it does advance, it displays all the books it can read until it gets to the offending book, which appears only as a blank entry, then all books after it also appear as blank entries. If I try going to the next page, it will have no problem displaying all the books that should be on that page.
If I page back up, it will show all the books it can, until the offending book, but in the opposite direction. So I can identify the missing book that way. But when I inspect it in Calibre, it looks fine. The metadata looks normal and fine, and I have no problem viewing the book in Calibre. Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it? I tried searching the forums but had no luck, I don't know the proper terminology to search for. I've uploaded a bunch of books and this is happening with several, seemingly at random. |
01-24-2012, 03:06 AM | #2 |
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So I guess the problem is the books are somehow corrupt, though Calibre reads them all the way through just fine. Re-converting them from mobi to mobi does not fix them. How can I fix them? Thanks!
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01-24-2012, 03:11 AM | #3 |
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Open them in Kindle Previewer to check them. If they open, send one of them amazon and tell them there is a bug on the Touch.
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01-24-2012, 03:36 AM | #4 |
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I had the same problem. I think it is caused by long titles.
After resetting to factory conditions, I began reloading books. I shortened any long titles, and reconverted all the books to .mobi sans the pdoc tag. (Not sure if that matters to the Touch, but I thought it couldn't hurt.) Now I can swipe through the entire library. |
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