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sup · 11-25-2022, 03:57 PM

When you want to download news with Calibre as a periodical (so that there is no navbar and the shortcut to skip to next article works), you need to set the prefered format to MOBI and a target as a Kindle.

Amazon is deprecating the MOBI format. I tried to send a downloaded periodical as MOBI and got an e-mail from Amazon telling me not to do that. However, the file got through to my Kindle (11) and when I opened it in USB mode, it turns out it was converted to POBI.

I am not sure how long this situation is going to last.

Are there any plans on Calibre's part to for example being able to generate POBI*files directly or support Kindle periodicals in some other way? Or am I doing something wrong?

11-25-2022, 03:57 PM	#1
sup Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2012)	Downloading news and sending them as peridocials to Kindle when MOBI is deprecated When you want to download news with Calibre as a periodical (so that there is no navbar and the shortcut to skip to next article works), you need to set the prefered format to MOBI and a target as a Kindle. Amazon is deprecating the MOBI format. I tried to send a downloaded periodical as MOBI and got an e-mail from Amazon telling me not to do that. However, the file got through to my Kindle (11) and when I opened it in USB mode, it turns out it was converted to POBI. I am not sure how long this situation is going to last. Are there any plans on Calibre's part to for example being able to generate POBI*files directly or support Kindle periodicals in some other way? Or am I doing something wrong?