There is a small sign in front of the facial scanner that says "Photo verification not required."
You can always say "I decline the photo verification", and they will check your license like back in the old days. This is what I have been doing for years now.
I think I have found a bug. It is in typing "The Art of War".
The "s" in the first sentence of "Sun Tzu said:" does not want to be recognized. My "s" key works fine in other contexts, and other letters before this one are recognized just fine.
EDIT: Actually, this seems to happen for different books, relatively early on in each. I am also seeing it in "Grimm's Fairy Tales."
You can always say "I decline the photo verification", and they will check your license like back in the old days. This is what I have been doing for years now.