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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl
Hello!!
I'm planning on a Paperwhite, but I'm curious if I can convert my current epubs to AZW3s instead of mobis to put on the Paperwhite - I think I read that they are smaller in filesize than mobis so I can fit more on the reader.
I didn't know if AZW3s can be read on the Kindle if they are not DRM'd AZW3s, I know I'd have to input my Kindle # into one of the Calibre tools for some odd reason (not sure what). My plan is to go Mobi>Epub (do any edits needed>AZW3 onto Kindle.
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!
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Calibre does a good job of converting ePub to azw3 and the PW is quite happy to read non-DRM'd books. I would definitely avoid going via mobi as your ePub may lose some formatting. One thing to note on filesize is that the azw3 is usually almost twice the size of the ePub - and this does not seem to be calibre introducing any bloat but just the nature of azw3 format.
I do all my editing on ePubs and then convert to azw3 to use on both my readers, with a minor edit on the azw3 to rename the "calibre[nn]" styles to "cal[nn]" which saves a few Kb on a book.
As already mentioned in this thread, calibre now has an ePub/azw3 editor so you can do all your editing and conversion in one place.