itallworksout asked: Whenever I go to lend a book, im taken to an amazon page of 404- Document not found saying the web address does not function. Because of this i am unable to lend and therefor being threatened with negative feedback, I am more than willing to lend my books however cant get it to work when i click the links...help??
From our FAQ:
When I click the “Loan the book” button, I see Amazon’s product page or an error page, not a pre-populated lending form.
This means you don’t have permission to lend that book. The possible reasons for this are:
- You don’t own that book.
- You own the book, but are unable to lend it. Generally this occurs because you’ve already lent it before.
- You own a different edition of the book than the one you are trying to lend. You may have chosen an edition other than the one you own when you searched for the book on Lendle. This is the most frequent cause of this issue. Be sure you have listed on Lendle the same edition of the book you actually own.
The best way to ensure that you are entering the correct book is to search for books via Amazon’s ASIN. For example, here is Amazon’s product page for a lending-enabled Kindle book:
If you scroll down to the Product Details section, you’ll see that the ASIN for the book is: B003I1WY2A
You can use that number in Lendle’s search field. ASINs are unique and will always turn up the correct product. For example, Water for Elephants is currently available as a Kindle book in at least three different editions — only two of which are lendable. Each edition has its own ASIN. We recommend linking to Amazon’s product pages for your books from your “Manage my Kindle” list, and copying and pasting the corresponding ASINs into our search field or, better yet, as a list into our Import by ASIN tool. When doing so, ASINs are entered one per line:
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We get this question a lot, but without direct access to the information on your Kindles, the best we can do is hope that our Lendlers are as diligent as possible about entering the correct books.
Lastly, if at any point you are unable to complete a lend, it is important that you return to the Lendle page with the lending instructions and click the I WAS UNABLE TO LEND IT button. (Step 7 in our guide to lending.) Doing so ensures that you are not dinged for failing to lend a book.
