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Originally Posted by theducks
@trane
You have a newer (>=3) Kindle: AZW3 is a better format (basically EPUB2 in a wrapper) .
That is what I use. I do Dropcaps, borders and some other fun stuff.
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I also wanted to do dropcaps (was going to be the next hurdle to tackle after images), and knew AZW3 was a newer format, but was under the impression I have to upload my book to Amazon for publishing in mobi format? That Amazon requires it. ??
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The only reason for Mobi is you want to send to your device via Amazon.
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Isn't that how it works when someone buys an ebook from Amazon though?
I guess I'm not understanding. Does Amazon upload to customers in mobi, but make AZW3 available for sideloading?
(As you can see I don't use Amazon for anything, don't own a Kindle and never will. Am not a fan of Amazon, due to their proprietary bent... same reason I don't own anything Apple!)
Thanks for your help, Ducks.
EDIT: Just read what file formats Amazon supports for uploading, and the reason mobi stuck in my head is I wanted to make sure it would look right (vs uploading an epub and having Amzn convert it... learning too late some code didn't translate well). So while they accept a lot of different formats (PDF, Word, etc) mobi seemed the only Amzn format? (Aside from KDP.)