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Originally Posted by kyrilson
I email to kindle purely for the syncing between devices. I use multiple devices to read the same book, and the syncing is a very nice feature for me as it saves me time. I definitely like kf8 better from a formatting perspective, but the convenience of syncing trumps that for me.
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I'm with you — syncing between devices is a wonderful feature and the main reason I use email/send-to-kindle.
But you don't have to give up KF8 to get sync. If you use a combined mobi (a single .mobi file that contains both old mobi/KF7 and new KF8), Amazon will send the KF8 version to devices that can handle KF8. (However, you won't get a cover, as that's associated with the book's ASIN, and Amazon assigns a new ASIN to all books processed via email/send-to-kindle.)
To get a combined mobi:
1) In
Calibre, convert to MOBI-both (under conversion preferences > MOBI output).
2) Use Amazon's
KindleGen command-line tool or
KindlePreviewer app (KindleGen combined mobis are a little more reliable than Calibre as far as getting KF8 and syncing.)
3) In
Sigil, use
KindleGen plugin.
Or, my all-time favorite, easy-as-pie method that requires no conversion on your part:
4)
Take your epub, change the extension to .txt or .png, and send that file via email/Send-to-Kindle. Amazon will run it through KindleGen for you and send KF8 to devices that can handle KF8.
In method #4, it's best to use the Send-to-Kindle, as that allows you to input the title & author. If you use email, Amazon will use the filename as the title and the email address as the author.