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Old 06-26-2013, 11:08 AM   #22
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by RbnJrg View Post
Hi JSWolf;

Well, Amazon seems not to think like you When we, nowadays, get a book from the service of Kindle Direct Publishing, we get a .mobi but THAT .mobi has inside a .kf8 and a .mobi7. So we can't call .mobi anymore just the old mobi format; now there are mobis that are -simultaneously- .kf8 and .mobi7.

Now, if you consider .mobi ONLY the old .mobi format, then you are right and KindleUnpack is not the best option to convert the .mobi in .epub. But how do you know is the .mobi is a modern one or old one? The best thing is trying with KindleUnpack and to see if produces or not an .epub. If so, then we have our .epub; if not, then we can follow your indications.

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I will say this, you are wrong. You are not converting a Mobi eBook. You are converting a KF8 eBook. Different things. The eBook you get back from Amazon is a combination of Mobi and KF8. It is not a Mobi as the topic means. So in this combination file, you are ignoring the Mobi part of it in order to use the KF8 part. I don't know what to call the combination file, but I do know it's not strictly Mobi or KF8.
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