Thread: Calibre created AZW3 and Kindle Cloud
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Old 10-15-2013, 05:56 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Josieb1 View Post
I've always read DRM free mobi and emailed them to Amazon to stay in the cloud as I have multiple devices but in order to use embeded fonts i've converted to azw3, is there a way to get these books into the Amazon Cloud?

I tried emailing one but I just got the standard 'your format is not acceptable' email?

I know I can side load via Calibre but I find the cloud very useful.

Thanks
Personal documents service will not accept '.azw3' (KF8 only) files. You need to send it 'hybrid' files (with both mobi and kf8). When the file is downloaded it will only contain mobi or kf8 (but not both) depending on what the app/device supports. (of course you can also send 'mobi only' but that does not support embedded fonts.)

To do this with calibre, make sure the MOBI Output options (Preferences) have 'MOBI file type' set to 'both', and export to MOBI (not AZW3). AZW3 is fine if you are side-loading files directly.
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