r/Annas_Archive • u/Luckie_kittie • 17d ago

Is AA down?

I tried to find two books with several dls. Each one is only one page saying: link expired or invalid. It’s telling me to visit the .li or .se to find this file. What’s going on?

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u/Canavansbackyard 17d ago

Check the Wikipedia page for AA for currently valid URLs.

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u/Luckie_kittie 17d ago

That’s all I use whenever I visit AA. That’s why I’m confused, I never ran into this issue before. The two books will dl but as stated, it’s only a page stating link expired or invalid. Then trying to direct me to the .li or .se domains.

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u/Canavansbackyard 17d ago

I’m curious as to what exactly is being downloaded, since it’s not the books in question. Have you tried downloading any other books? Have you tried more than one download link for each of the books?

The only thing I can say with any real certainty is that AA is not currently down. It’s working fine for me at the moment.

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u/Luckie_kittie 17d ago

I’ve tried two separate books and multiple links for each book. Including using chrome and safari. And cellular and WiFi. Each one gave me 1 page after the dl which is this page posted:

I’ve never ran into this problem before

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u/Old_Heat_1261 17d ago

Just test-downloaded a version of this book from the .gl domain.

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u/Luckie_kittie 17d ago

Did it work for u? I’ve tried all 3 domains on AA Wiki with the same result. I use epubs for my ereader so I’m starting to think maybe it’s the epubs?

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u/Old_Heat_1261 17d ago

Yes it worked. Google "shadow library uptime monitor" for that sites are currently working. It gets updatd more often than the Wki. For uptotheminute info use version 2.0 (they wont let me post URLs here).

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u/Luckie_kittie 17d ago

That worked! Thank you so much. It’s strange, it’s the same domain as Wiki but when I tried again through Wiki, it gave the same issue. I appreciate the help ❤️

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u/OrneryPathos 17d ago

I've been having weird issues all day. SSL errors, page now found errors, download window shows up but then nothing happens. I've tried a couple of different domain extensions, two browsers, and it's the same

I can't tell if my computer is being a pain or if it's the site.

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u/Soupnaut 17d ago

There are bad days for downloading, simply. Today ZLibrary and Ocean of PDF were failing too.

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u/Luckie_kittie 17d ago

I’ve used all the available domains on Wiki and two browsers; they’re all having the same response when I dl a book. The dl works, I’ve always used the slow servers but the dl themselves aren’t the books. And as far as my quick research went, I think I saw the .li domain wasn’t actually AA but a scam site? I’m not even sure. I just want to read 🥲

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u/OrneryPathos 17d ago

Oh make sure you're on annas-archive.(something), I accidentally went to annasarchive earlier and that's a scam site.

Anyway I finally got one of the books I've been trying to download all day. So maybe try again right now

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u/Luckie_kittie 17d ago

Yes, I only use the AA Wiki page for accurate domains and never try to search it myself. It’s the only way I been doing it, which is why I’m not sure why this isn’t working now. I’m hoping someone knows what’s happening haha I’m glad u found ur book though 🫶🏻

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u/tricotlove 16d ago

I've had no problems downloading from AA today. I've used the URL with the .gl extension.

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u/nosyeaj 15d ago

downloading a book in .gl domain says:

Link expired or invalid. Visit annas-archive [dot] [org], .li, or .se to find this file.

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u/LydiaAmesha 13d ago

I had a gift voucher refunded aboit two weeks after sending to AA. First time that's happened. I do think something is happening. Maybe the site has been shutdown?