Thread: Generating mobi and KF8 parts of Kindle file from separate sources
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Old 03-12-2012, 07:04 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by jttraverse View Post
If I create a Mobi file from an ePub using the new Previewer, and then use Kindlestrip to remove the epub portion of original content so I now have a much smaller Mobi file...

...can this smaller Mobi file be used successfully in both the Kindle and the Kindle Fire, or do I need to split it into separate files (mobi and KF8) and let people pick one or the other based on which Kindle the have?

-JT
If all you've done is use kindlestrip to remove the source of a file produced by the latest kindlegen/Previewer, then the resultant MOBI should work on all devices/apps. Those devices/apps that support KF8 will use that format... those that don't will use the MOBI-only portion.

If you're going to be distributing the book yourself, there's no reason you couldn't split it into separate files, but you certainly don't have to.
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