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Originally Posted by Hitch
Okay, now you're really confusing me. Where/who/what claimed that Mobiunpack creates an AZW3, besides you? MY point is that there isn't anything out there, OUTSIDE of Amazon's internal processes, that creates an AZW3 file, except for Calibre, which is what the OP uploaded. Are we disagreeing on that?
P.S.: and, c'mon, guys: enough with the "Who's on First" crap. First it was a book that shouldn't have been posted; then a book that used 5-year-old pagebreaks; then a question as to whether it was a commercial (paid) book; then a claim that it was an AZW3 made with string and baling wire, then it was someone saying that Pages made ePUBs, and THEN someone saying that somehow, KU was mixed up in it. Enough already, eh? We all know what this is and was.
Hitch
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To be honest, I am not really sure what is so complicated about this.
I agree the OP was assuredly not using KindleUnpack, I was simply raising a technicality... it is factually untrue that
only calibre creates .azw3 outside Amazon. KindleUnpack will absolutely split a dual_MOBI file created by kindlegen into a:
- .mobi
- .azw3
- kindlegensrc.zip
- mobi7/
- mobi8/
- other assorted stuff
by reverse-engineering the format and splitting the records the same way Amazon would.
Let me quote what I said:
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
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Originally Posted by Hitch
Hi, Dale:
Yes, of course. And it produces just that: an .epub file, not an AZW3 file. Nothing produces an AZW3 file, outside of Amazon, but Calibre. And certainly not emoties, Excel and Pages, that's utter codswallop. Sure, s/he can make an ePUB using Pages, and feed it to KP or KDP or something else to make a .mobi file, or even a .prc file...but an AZW3 is a Calibre product, period.
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Not entirely true.  You can also use kindlegen, and KindleUnpack to split the resulting dual MOBI. |
Did I by any chance imply that
IS what happened? No, I was clearly replying to your statement:
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Nothing produces an AZW3 file, outside of Amazon, but Calibre. [...] but an AZW3 is a Calibre product, period.
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Originally Posted by Hitch
DaleDe:
No. AZW3 is an Amazon-crafted file extension for the KF8 files, that have been through the post-upload Amazon workflow, what they call the "PW" or Publishing Workflow. The only other files that have/use/create that file extension, outside of the Amazon ecosystem, are those made with Calibre.
THAT was my entire point. That the file that was uploaded was obviously Calibre-made, that's IT. How this went off the rails on KU, or Pages, or any other thing, I'm damned if I know. The Calibre conversion was simply the icing on the rest of the cake.
Done here, since for some reason, I seem to be the guy in the Gary Larsen cartoon talking to the damned dog, or Charlie Brown's parents, take your pick.
Hitch
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"AZW3 is an Amazon-crafted file extension for the KF8 files"? OK, now who is the one raising meaningless technicalities? At least my technicality had some actual meaning to it...
.azw3 is the official file extension for Kindle Format 8. Granted, those tend to come from Amazon... on account of they are the only people with the software to create pure KF8 files, outside of reverse-engineered stuff like calibre (and KindleUnpack)... this would be because it is a proprietary format. The idea that a company cannot create an official file extension for their own proprietary format...
Seriously. I was fully in agreement with you. You are the one who dragged my
mention of KindleUnpack into a whole song-and-a-dance.
Are you saying we are no longer allowed to go offtopic on MR?