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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
What will that test except that nothing has changed in the last six hours?
What I was wondering is: Why a book from a mainstream publisher, published years after the introduction to kfx would deliver a mobi file? Does it have to do with how the original book was uploaded to Amazon?
Also, if I got a mobi instead of an azw on K4PC 1.17, would someone running the latest K4PC still get a mobi instead of a kfx file? And if so, would de-drm still work?
I don't have the latest version of K4PC installed.
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Now I understand what you are saying. This particular book was most likely uploaded originally as mobi. Probably, because the publisher asked to have it DRM free. There is no advantage of converting it to KF8 (azw3), so devices that cannot do KFX get the mobi version. Since it does have enhanced typesetting enabled, it will still have DRM when using a new version of K4PC for it. It should be a generic DRM on the KFX that can be shared among other devices and accounts (device usage unlimited), but not on non Amazon app / device.
I just tried the samples, and they get mobi on the PW1, DeDRMable, but KFX on PW3.
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
I'm also curious as to why sometimes books are MOBI and other times AZW3.
Of my Amazon purchases, 8 MOBI files.
Oddly, six of them are 2020 or later. All self-published/indie publishers, by the look of things. Since there's nothing overtly embarrassing here, the ASINs (too lazy to make links right now):
B08PCD9P76, B08R7X4Q7X, B09CN51BCQ, B09LPT13FC, B0B3X2TD3H, B0BB2Z2CQK
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I looked at at least two of them, and they are sold without DRM (except again on KFX).