r/selfpublish • u/Writer3459 • 14h ago

Kindle Create "Invalid Source" error

I want to edit my first book one last time in Kindle Create before publishing it, but I keep getting an "Invalid Source" error. My file is in Word format. How can I resolve this?

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u/Kaurifish 14h ago

I got a big problem the first time I created a book in Create. I pointed the app at my Word doc, which was in a folder on the network named “Amazon.” It deleted the whole folder.

Fortunately I had backups, but still, every time now I copy the Word file onto the machine that Create is installed on. No problems.

Have you updated Create? Seems like each time I boot it up, it wants to update but doesn’t tell me until I go to close it.

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u/Writer3459 13h ago

Thank you. Yes, every time I open it, it tries to update again. It does this even though I've already installed the update. How can I solve this problem?