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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Allow me to repeat myself...
It doesn't matter if the KINDLE2 driver converts to AZW3 by default (at least for the reasons you stated -- the fact that some KINDLE2 devices do not support AZW3 at all, and never will, is still a reason against).
Because if you then Send-to-Email, the email will not accept an AZW3 and it will perform an additional conversion to MOBI!
So, it really, really, really doesn't make a difference to the device driver, what you might or might not want to do with the Send-to-Device tool.
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Personally, I would consider it far more sensible to convert to AZW3 and MOBI, so I have AZW3 when sideloading and can still send MOBI through email.
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Or you can just do what I do, and set Calibre to do what YOU want it to do automatically when you transfer...whichever way you transfer, and not worry about converting. I have my Calibre set to send .azw3 to my Kindle over USB transfer. I don't worry about converting, because Calibre will do it on the fly, as it's converting. I also have Calibre set to send dual mobi to my Kindle email address. Again, I don't worry about converting, because Calibre will do it on the fly. I have it set to send kepubs to my kobo over USB, and again, Calibre does it on the fly.
In short, it doesn't matter what format a book *starts* in, Calibre will send it to your device in the format that is appropriate (and you can tell it exactly what format is appropriate). The only reason I ever do an explicit conversion is if a book has such horrible formatting errors that I can't read it. (usually this is font size declared explicitly, making it *way* too small for my eyes)
I'm not saying that the way that you and Harry do it is wrong...I just want to let people know that there is a way to tell Calibre what format you want on your device, and have it send *that format* automatically, with no further intervention necessary.
Shari