I recently noticed that when going to a previous page in writable books, the game crashes. A "java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException" error is raised. The bug is present only in writable books, signed books seem to behave fine.
In attachments there are crash logs.
Linked issues
is duplicated by 18
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MC-180419
game crashed while reading a book, reverting the pages back in nether in 3rd person view
Resolved
MC-180667
Game Crashes when switching pages in a written book
Resolved
MC-180736
Fatal crash when clicking previous page in book and quill
Resolved
MC-180758
Book and quill crash your game
Resolved
MC-180775
Game crashes when going back with a book & quill
Resolved
MC-180780
Turning pages in a book too fast causes a crash.
Resolved
MC-181130
Turning Pages in Books Crashes the Game
Resolved
MC-181131
Book and Quill crashes game when going backwards to a page with text on it.
Resolved
MC-181163
Crash Caused by Clicking Previous Page to a Page With Different Content While Writing Book
Resolved
MC-181165
Clicking Next Page on Written Book Selects Content on Next Page
Resolved
MC-181329
Book and Qulls Crashing the game
Resolved
MC-181420
Going to last page in book and clicking back crashes game
Resolved
MC-181817
Writable book in multiplayer crashes (20w17a)
Resolved
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I flipped forward and back for a while and managed to reproduce it.

Managed to reproduce finally.
I cannot reproduce this.