Making an .azw3 file available

rstoothoff · 11-09-2012, 03:01 PM

Thanks to Calibre, I created decent-looking .mobi and .azw3 files from an InDesign-based .epub file. (Calibre delivered the goods, whereas both Kindlegen and the InDesign plug-in did not.) I downloaded the .mobi file to Amazon, and the book is now in the Kindle store, but only (so far as I can tell) in the .mobi format. KDP won't upload the .azw3 (KF8) file. So how can I make that available in the Kindle store?

susan_cassidy · 11-09-2012, 03:31 PM

Not all Kindles can use the .azw3 format, so .mobi is better, anyway.

pdurrant · 11-09-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rstoothoff

Thanks to Calibre, I created decent-looking .mobi and .azw3 files from an InDesign-based .epub file. (Calibre delivered the goods, whereas both Kindlegen and the InDesign plug-in did not.) I downloaded the .mobi file to Amazon, and the book is now in the Kindle store, but only (so far as I can tell) in the .mobi format. KDP won't upload the .azw3 (KF8) file. So how can I make that available in the Kindle store?

Unpack the azw3 and use Kindlegen on it. That will give a combined file with both AZW3 and Mobi in it. But the Mobi might not be as well formatted as the calibre-produced mobi.

rstoothoff · 11-11-2012, 03:01 AM

Thanks for the suggestion, Grand Mouse. But how do I unpack the .azw3 file? I have Mobi_Unpack_v047: do I just drop the .azw3 onto the Mobi_Unpack.pyw icon? Then what do I do? I've found that Calibre does a much better job of converting .epub to Kindle than Kindlegen does (i.e. using Kindle Previewer). And as for the InDesign plug-in, well the latest version is better than earlier ones, but it's still pretty flaky (flakey?)

pdurrant · 11-11-2012, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by rstoothoff

Thanks for the suggestion, Grand Mouse. But how do I unpack the .azw3 file? I have Mobi_Unpack_v047: do I just drop the .azw3 onto the Mobi_Unpack.pyw icon? Then what do I do? I've found that Calibre does a much better job of converting .epub to Kindle than Kindlegen does (i.e. using Kindle Previewer). And as for the InDesign plug-in, well the latest version is better than earlier ones, but it's still pretty flaky (flakey?)

Double-click the Mobi_Unpack.pyw script. In the dialog, select the file to be unpacked and any options (none needed, I think).

Run the unpacked azw3 through kindlegen. The resulting file should have a KF*/azw3 part pretty much identical to the original, and a mobi generated from it.

rstoothoff · 11-13-2012, 02:42 AM

The latest version of Calibre seems to solve the problem by converting the .epub file into a combined file.

11-09-2012, 03:01 PM	#1
rstoothoff Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: none	Making an .azw3 file available Thanks to Calibre, I created decent-looking .mobi and .azw3 files from an InDesign-based .epub file. (Calibre delivered the goods, whereas both Kindlegen and the InDesign plug-in did not.) I downloaded the .mobi file to Amazon, and the book is now in the Kindle store, but only (so far as I can tell) in the .mobi format. KDP won't upload the .azw3 (KF8) file. So how can I make that available in the Kindle store?

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11-09-2012, 03:31 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	Not all Kindles can use the .azw3 format, so .mobi is better, anyway.

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rstoothoff Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: none	Thanks for the suggestion, Grand Mouse. But how do I unpack the .azw3 file? I have Mobi_Unpack_v047: do I just drop the .azw3 onto the Mobi_Unpack.pyw icon? Then what do I do? I've found that Calibre does a much better job of converting .epub to Kindle than Kindlegen does (i.e. using Kindle Previewer). And as for the InDesign plug-in, well the latest version is better than earlier ones, but it's still pretty flaky (flakey?)

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rstoothoff Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: none	The latest version of Calibre seems to solve the problem by converting the .epub file into a combined file.

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