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Originally Posted by Crca
Amazon is discontinuing the MOBI format, which is currently causing the poor conversion issues. If all EPUB files will be converted to AZW3, ideally we'll be able to sync all books across Kindle devices while keeping a decent formatting and the covers.
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This, unfortunately, is only half true. As far as covers go, mobi’s show them, azw3’s don’t. As far as formatting goes, azw3 is of course better and supports hyphenation if the source files have been manually (e.g. with the help of a Calibre plugin) been hyphenated.
The discontinuation of mobi will actually lead to this: For most users, the books will look pretty much the same, have much better navigation but will be missing cover thumbnails.
For ‘experienced’ users (e.g. those that know their way around Calibre), books won’t be randomly delivered in mobi anymore regardless of the ‘send to Kindle’ procedure and original format used (e.g. email, app). They will look better if hypenated epubs are used as their source. But they will still not have covers.
Regarding the cover issue: I hope it annoys so many people that Amazon will have to come up with a fix. Ideally, of course, they would start delivering personal documents in kfx for devices that support it (make that a toggle to avoid compatibility issues). Here’s hoping...