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Originally Posted by Hitch
Not KF--but it was absolutely called Mobi7 by KDP/Amazon. I have the 2012 formatting Guidelines (along with all the others) and it's referred to as Mobi 7 there. Under Section 3, Formatting guidelines, page 10. To wit:
That's why, if memory serves, we all stopped calling it Format 6 and started calling it 7, right? Does everybody remember that? The arguments on here as to whether the old mobi was 6 or 7? Sheesh.
Hell, it's STILL called MOBI 7 by amazon. That's in the 2019 Guidelines. Do a search in 'em. It's hardly surprising that we all say KF7 instead of "mobi" given the conflation of the terms by Amazon, using "mobi" to mean anything over time. Hell, in the 2019 Guidelines, they still reference .prc. When's the last time anyone here created a prc file?
Wolfie, dear, I know that pedantry is near and dear to your heart, but you GOTTA let that go. You're beyond beating a dead horse. That horse has been dead so long it's petrified now.
Hitch
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The horse can be dead for as long as it wants. Mobi means it's a crappy obsolete format that should go away forever. KF7 sounds like it's a more modern format that's OK to have. So I'd rather stick with Mobi so others will know that it's an obsolete format.
Yes,they still call it Mobi 7. But they also say "The file delivered to Amazon should be a Mobi 7 EPUB with self-contained audio and video or a Mobi 7 .prc file with self-contained audio and video." There is no such thing as a Mobi 7 EPUB. I have not ever seen Mobi referred to as KF7. Sure, call it Mobi 7 if you want because that's what Amazon calls is. But KF7 is never referred to by Amazon. KF8 or Kindle Format 8 sure.
KF7 is unofficial and incorrect and I will mention it's wrong when I see it used.