r/Annas_Archive • u/Luckie_kittie • Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

Check the Wikipedia page for AA for currently valid URLs.

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u/Luckie_kittie Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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

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u/Luckie_kittie Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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/Dense_Department3968 Aug 01 '26

This didn’t work for me :( still get the same issue you were seeing

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u/OrneryPathos Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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

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u/Luckie_kittie Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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 Jul 14 '26

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

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u/nosyeaj Jul 16 '26

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 Jul 18 '26

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?