Thread: Kindle to utilize epub format in late 2022
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Old 05-07-2022, 01:03 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
Even if Amazon dropped support for the K1 and K2 devices they would still have a lot of work to do to get rid of MOBI. Here are some examples:
  • Many published books are only available in MOBI format since that is what the publisher supplied to Amazon. That was disallowed just last year.
  • MOBI is used for most dictionaries.
  • MOBI is used for periodicals on Kindles.
  • MOBI is used in Kindle for iOS for personal documents.
  • MOBI is used for enhanced books with audio/video content. For example: The Hobbit (Enhanced Edition).
It's time Amazon got sway from Mobi even if it means totally redoing the firmware to make KF8 the format for all of these other things.
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