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Originally Posted by kennyc
I thought the Amazon format was based on MOBI (and perhaps they had licensed the format)?
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Amazon bought out Mobipocket. And AZW (the Kindle Format) is essentially MOBI's identical twin, except that they made a couple minor tweaks to render the DRM
officially incompatible.
Now as a wise soul mentioned in another thread, it could be that Amazon's long term goal is to become primarily a content provider. Licensing the AZW format on a variety of devices. But at the same time remaining the sole supplier of content in this format (the one thing that isn't possible with MOBI).