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Old 04-14-2011, 10:22 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
You are mistaken. AZW is Mobi (which, technically, is indeed Amazon's proprietary format.)
Perhaps you are thinking of AZW1, which is Topaz. Actually, that, too, can now be converted...sometimes...sort of.
Hi Apk,

No. I mean, MOBI. AZW is not exactly MOBI format. AZW uses high compression plus DRM. They are different.

You cannot convert epub books to azw format via Calibre, at least, I have not seen that on my Calibre version. And makes sense, because azw is propietary and has DRM encryption (among others features) and it's the main reason why people convert to mobi instead.

You can clearly see that after converting any ebook; the book has "mobi" format at the end of the filename. Amazon for Kindle PC books have "azw" format.

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