Thread: Send-to-Kindle fix for Mobi files
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Old 05-06-2022, 10:11 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Crca View Post
That's the difference though. As of today you can "officially" convert only personal documents, which shouldn't require a cover. That would explain the limitations in the eyes of Amazon: the "send to Kindle" service was never meant to be a way to bypass the Kindle Store.
EPUBs however are hardly personal documents - they can only be books. So if Amazon starts officially supporting ebook conversions into AZW3/KF8, why would they keep leaving the covers out? Either you don't let people read their EPUBs on Kindle, or you do.
It's kinda the same with those companies with proprietary software/hardware. You have very limited options if you use other stuff than their own. It's a way to push people into their ecosystem. I wouldn't to it past Amazon to do that.

IMO, they should've just let Kindles read epubs directly without converting them. All other ereader manufacturers are doing that.

And now I'm kinda curious if Amazon's system would still accept mobi files if you change their extensions just like it worked with epubs before this.
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