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zoltan.navy · 11-13-2023, 03:32 PM

Hello,
Three questions.

Q1 - My understanding is that Kovid is saying that now that Amazon has done away with the mobi format, there is no way to receive your press stuff in epub AS PERIODICALS on Kindle (like up until last week when mobi could be still sent to Kindle by email).
Is this correct?
If yes, then this is a serious limitation. With the format set to "periodical", Kindle moves the old items to its "Periodicals: Back Issues" folder. With no "periodical" option for epubs, news issues will start to pile up on the Kindle main screen. If you are like me and use Kindle for reading press, this will be annoying to the point of wandering why continue with Kindle for that purpose.

Q2 - Nonetheless, if one gets to accept the above limitation, then at least an option to have the date in the title of the news epub file (as it appears on the Kindle screen) would mitigate somewhat the above inconvenience. Is there a solution?

Q3 - If no solution to Q1, is there an alternative e-reader which
(a) uses e-ink, and
(b) is able to handle periodicals the way Kindle did with mobis?
Have been using my Kindle keyboard since 2011 and am so attached to it that switching to a different device appears prohibitive.

11-13-2023, 03:32 PM	#7
zoltan.navy Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Budapest, Hungary Device: Kindle Keyboard	Hello, Three questions. Q1 - My understanding is that Kovid is saying that now that Amazon has done away with the mobi format, there is no way to receive your press stuff in epub AS PERIODICALS on Kindle (like up until last week when mobi could be still sent to Kindle by email). Is this correct? If yes, then this is a serious limitation. With the format set to "periodical", Kindle moves the old items to its "Periodicals: Back Issues" folder. With no "periodical" option for epubs, news issues will start to pile up on the Kindle main screen. If you are like me and use Kindle for reading press, this will be annoying to the point of wandering why continue with Kindle for that purpose. Q2 - Nonetheless, if one gets to accept the above limitation, then at least an option to have the date in the title of the news epub file (as it appears on the Kindle screen) would mitigate somewhat the above inconvenience. Is there a solution? Q3 - If no solution to Q1, is there an alternative e-reader which (a) uses e-ink, and (b) is able to handle periodicals the way Kindle did with mobis? Have been using my Kindle keyboard since 2011 and am so attached to it that switching to a different device appears prohibitive. Last edited by zoltan.navy; 11-13-2023 at 03:35 PM.