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Old 09-05-2012, 03:19 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Phil1789 View Post
ok thanks that's one way to do it, but I you sure of the format .mobi, kindle use AZW format. Nevertheless I will try it
FYI: Kindle's use up to four different formats

1. Mobipocket (Amazon bought Mobipocket)
2. Topaz (Amazon's own in-house quick & dirty scan & OCR format)
3. KF8 (Amazon's response to ePub - Mobipocket with HTML4 & CSS2)
4. Print Replica (A PDF in a PDB wrapper)

Not all Kindle hardware and software can read all four formats, but they can all read the first two. No-one except Amazon make Topaz format files, so the safe bet for reading on a Kindle is Mobipocket.

File extensions:
1. is often azw
2. is often azw1
3. is often azw3
4. is often azw4

But actually, you might also get books with .mobi and .prc, and sometimes the later formats also turn up with a .azw extension.

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