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Old 05-10-2016, 07:07 PM   #1
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Are KF8 files always like a pdf?
I was trying to convert a kf8 to epub in calibre and yet again found the file to be a series of image files like a pdf.

Are all KF8 files like this?
Are all azw3 files like this?

I usually convert any azw type document to epub as my preferred reading program is epub friendly.
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Old 05-10-2016, 07:34 PM   #2
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KF8 means Kindle Format 8. It has the file extension *.azw3 and is roughly equivalent to an EPUB.
So, since EPUB can be a series of image files (if someone was weird enough to want to make such an EPUB), so can AZW3.

By no means is it a requirement...


Note that there are other azw-type formats, e.g. AZW4 is Print Replica and contains an actual PDF file inside.
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Old 05-11-2016, 02:35 AM   #3
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I've personally never encountered a KF8 book whose pages are images, and I have several thousand of them. As the previous poster stated, KF8 is a reflowable format, like ePub.
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maybe it was actually a topaz file as collection of xhtmlpages which all simply reference an svg imageof the page?
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I've personally never encountered a KF8 book whose pages are images, and I have several thousand of them. As the previous poster stated, KF8 is a reflowable format, like ePub.
I've seen some. Graphic novels are all images.
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I've seen some. Graphic novels are all images.
Of course, but I'm sure that the OP would realise that! I'd suggest that the OP downloads one of the innumerable free books from Amazon and test converting that.
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