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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 8, 2020 3:47am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

For me it is only partly fixed:

- home page is back to normal with header showing
- book covers show when I search for a book
- the forums dsplay and I can reply on my tablet
- If I click through to a book in the public domain, I can read it.

The part that's not working:

- If I click through to a book that's available to borrow, I see the black pane, with no Borrow button or scrolling controls.

Seconding jimapplecore's thank you. I usually come out of my local library with a stack of books. I've been using Internet Archive instead, so I did donate!

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 8, 2020 9:44am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

thanks. what browser and OS have you tried?

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 8, 2020 5:08pm
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

The one that's partially working is an older android tablet, version 5.0.1.

Everything is working on my laptop, it's just easier to read with the touchscreen on the tablet.

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 14, 2020 10:36am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

This is an ongoing issue - still unable to read any books that need to be borrowed. Android 5.0.1.

They show up in searches, but when I click through, there is a black pane where Bookreader should show up. No preview, page controls, or borrow button appears.

The book info does show up below the black part of the screen where Bookreader normally appears.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 14, 2020 11:03am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

right now the best i can suggest is to disable any adblock or privacy apps that are running.

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Poster: alwen7 Date: Dec 15, 2020 6:18am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

Would it would be so easy! The only app it shows running is android keyboard.

It's got something to do with the access-restricted status of an item, because I can load and read items on the always-available list.

For whatever reason, it's only the items that require a borrow that result in the reader-less Bookreader.

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Poster: Jeff Kaplan Date: Dec 15, 2020 10:28am
Forum: general Subject: Re: Archive.org has stopped working for me

sorry. i'll file a bug report. if you have a non-mobile device it likely will work there.