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Originally Posted by Quoth
What happens if there is no ASIN?
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Excellent question, and I've just tested it by sideloading an AZW3 without any kind of ID. It opened without any issue. And that's good news, I guess.
Steps I took in Calibre:
1. Removed IDs from the metadata from original epub.
2. Edit Book, run check on epub to fix any errors. Saved.
3. Converted epub format to AZW3.
4. Polished Book with "Update Metadata in the book files" checked (plus a few others, "Remove unused CSS" and "Add soft hyphens")
5. Connected 5.18.4.0.1 Kindle to Calibre and sent AZW3 to it over USB.
6. Eject device.
After all this, a normal tap on the book cover in the Kindle works fine - no errors. Maybe later I should try this process on one of the sideloaded books that did give me errors and report what happens. I'm not an expert on any of this stuff, but I do want to help resolve this problem for all those affected.