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Originally Posted by NatCh
As I understand it, the only formats it handles without conversion are Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible, MP3, and unprotected MOBI/PRC.
TXT is marginal for anything complicated, Audible and MP3 aren't, strictly speaking, book formats, and Kindle/Mobi are effectively the same thing. Oh, and other than TXT and MP3, Amazon owns all of those formats.
All the other formats it "handles" have to be converted by Amazon's service to the AZW/Mobi format (and I've heard it doesn't really do all that elegant a job on the conversion  ).
I know others will see it differently, but considering all of that, the platform seems pretty thoroughly "closed" to my way of thinking.
If I'm mistaken somewhere in there, somebody please set me straight. 
Please note: I'm not commenting on the desirability of these things, merely attempting to observe the facts of the situation. |
As far as the things I've sent, the conversion has been perfect, and since I just had it emailed to me, it was also free.
The Mobi format may belong to Amazon, but it is certainly widely avaiable, and converting a book into that format is screamingly easy ... so, all I'm asking is .... is the man talking about the device or the AZW format? If the former, then it's just a matter of a firmware change. If the latter, then he could have a point.