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JollyRoger · 03-11-2023, 05:51 AM

Both azw3 and mobi look fine on my kindle. On hers the azw3 was just gibberish but the mobi I made from the azw3 was fine. There was no drm on the book.
I just realised I made a massive booboo

I am sorry.

So I had an azw3 file. It worked perfectly on my Kindle. I sent it to my friend so she could read it too, but it was just gibberish on her screen. So in Calibre I converted it to mobi which was also perfect on my Kindle. And when I sent it to her the mobi version viewed perfectly on hers too.
So I am confused why the original azw3 file viewed perfectly on my Kindle but not hers?
The only reason I ask is that sometimes when I convert to Mobi the conversion is bad so I prefer to stick with azw3 if I can.

03-11-2023, 05:51 AM	#8
JollyRoger Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 68 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	Both azw3 and mobi look fine on my kindle. On hers the azw3 was just gibberish but the mobi I made from the azw3 was fine. There was no drm on the book. I just realised I made a massive booboo I am sorry. So I had an azw3 file. It worked perfectly on my Kindle. I sent it to my friend so she could read it too, but it was just gibberish on her screen. So in Calibre I converted it to mobi which was also perfect on my Kindle. And when I sent it to her the mobi version viewed perfectly on hers too. So I am confused why the original azw3 file viewed perfectly on my Kindle but not hers? The only reason I ask is that sometimes when I convert to Mobi the conversion is bad so I prefer to stick with azw3 if I can. Last edited by JollyRoger; 03-11-2023 at 05:57 AM.