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Originally Posted by j.p.s
amazon is great at being misleading, but the red text is pretty clear that EPUB needs to be sent to kindles using Send to Kindle.
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1.) No, it does not state that clearly. It says: "compatible formats now include EPUB (.epub), which you
can send to your library using your Send to Kindle email address." [emphasis mine] Parse that sentence.
The first part states that epub is a compatible format, which most people will naturally interpret to mean natively / without conversion. The second part qualifies this by saying the epub "can" be sent to your Kindle via email. The word "Can" doesn't automatically convey exclusivity. In other words, "can" doesn't necessarily mean "has to be". In fact, sometimes "can" means "one of several ways".
2.) Even if Amazon had explicitly stated the now-compatible epub format
must be sent using email, that still wouldn't convey the idea that the epubs won't be natively supported and must be converted.
After all, other formats you can email to your Kindle -- such as pdf, txt and mobi -- are
not automatically converted to awz3. You have to affirmatively type "convert" in the subject line if you'd like them to be converted -- otherwise, they retain their original format.
Bottom line: when Amazon says epubs are "compatible" most people will naturally interpret that to mean natively / without conversion. And whether Amazon says "you can" or "you must" email them to your device, that sentence / process does not clarify the issue because other formats emailed to your device are natively supported without conversion.