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Originally Posted by Quoth
Apple is/was a special case due to browser engine/technology rules. That may change shortly.
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It would be nice if Apple would allow apps to contain competing HTML rendering software as is needed to support KF8. Do you have any references for the possibility of that changing soon?
If that does change I wonder whether Amazon would then add KF8 to the Kindle for iOS/Mac apps or whether they would just let it go since they have already moved on to KFX for published books. It is really only personal documents that suffer from the lack of KF8 support in those apps.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Audio/video aren't real ebooks and not KF7 mobi.
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Whether or not they are "real" ebooks, Amazon sells books that are labeled "Kindle Edition with Audio/Video". For example,
Brought to Life by the Voice: Playback Singing and Cultural Politics in South India. These are currently always delivered by Amazon in MOBI format.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
I understood that Kindle create makes a sort of dual mobi with KF7 & KF8 if not making KFX, but I don't have it now.
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Kindle Create can now export in EPUB format, resulting in a bit less lock-in if that software is used.
I am unaware of it producing anything like MOBI or KF8. As far as I can tell Amazon's servers produce a MOBI version of books published using Kindle Create by converting from KFX. That is delivered as a fallback in cases when the Kindle reader does not support KFX.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
What Jon wants isn't entirely logical or possible.
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I agree. It is not in Amazon's or their customer's best interest to do away with MOBI.