Kindle Touch cannot read some books, causes hanging when navigating the index

guspasho · 01-23-2012, 02:57 AM

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.

guspasho · 01-24-2012, 04:06 AM

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!

kovidgoyal · 01-24-2012, 04:11 AM

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.

RolandD · 01-24-2012, 04:36 AM

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.

01-23-2012, 02:57 AM	#1
guspasho Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	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.

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01-24-2012, 04:06 AM	#2
guspasho Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	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!

01-24-2012, 04:11 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	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.

01-24-2012, 04:36 AM	#4
RolandD Fanatic Posts: 561 Karma: 3228980 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Branson, MO, USA Device: Kindle Touch is now my main eReader.	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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