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Old 09-01-2017, 03:19 PM   #46
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And the extension .prc is used for these files on Fire tables and Kindle for Android. Amazon is consistently inconsistent when it comes to file extensions.
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Old 09-01-2017, 03:47 PM   #47
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And the extension .prc is used for these files on Fire tables and Kindle for Android. Amazon is consistently inconsistent when it comes to file extensions.
Yep, hence my comment that ".azw" is merely an extension, and not a format.
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Old 09-01-2017, 05:09 PM   #48
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Perhaps it depends on the device? I download all my books with K4PC, and on that all books, both Mobi7 and KF8, download as files with a ".azw" extension.
Interesting. Maybe their master copies have yet other extensions.
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Amazon uses azw3 for KF8.
When I go to the directory Kindle for PC uses to store the downloaded eBooks, they are all .azw even for KF8 eBooks.
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Old 10-23-2018, 02:38 AM   #50
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Is it possible to generate mobi without KF8? Specially using kindlegen.
I'm scanning books, crop text and generate html file with images. So it's an extremely simple book/html. There is no need to add KF8 to mobi and it makes it quite heavy.
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Is it possible to generate mobi without KF8? Specially using kindlegen.
I'm scanning books, crop text and generate html file with images. So it's an extremely simple book/html. There is no need to add KF8 to mobi and it makes it quite heavy.
The "need" is that the intended purpose of the kindlegen tool is to create files for publication in the Kindle store, where both components of the "dual Mobi" are used. If you want only Mobi7 I'd suggest using the old mobigen tool instead.
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Is it possible to generate mobi without KF8? Specially using kindlegen.
I'm scanning books, crop text and generate html file with images. So it's an extremely simple book/html. There is no need to add KF8 to mobi and it makes it quite heavy.
You could use my Sigil KindleGen plugin to generate MOBI7 files, however, it'd be much easier if you converted your epubs to mobi files with Calibre. (If you select Preferences > Output options > MOBI output > MOBI file type: old, Calibre will generate MOBI7 files.)
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Is it possible to generate mobi without KF8? Specially using kindlegen.
I'm scanning books, crop text and generate html file with images. So it's an extremely simple book/html. There is no need to add KF8 to mobi and it makes it quite heavy.
The Kindleunpack script can also produce separated mobi/kf8 files from a combined file.
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The Kindleunpack script can also produce separated mobi/kf8 files from a combined file.
And so can the Mobiunpack plugin for Calibre.
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The majority of my ebooks is in EPUB format and usually I convert them to MOBI to read them on Kindles. Is there any advantage on converting them to AZW3?
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The majority of my ebooks is in EPUB format and usually I convert them to MOBI to read them on Kindles. Is there any advantage on converting them to AZW3?
Several. You'll retain the original layout and formatting far better with the azw3. Also you'll get to use custom fonts and the boldness slider, those don't work with the .mobi format.
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Several. You'll retain the original layout and formatting far better with the azw3. Also you'll get to use custom fonts and the boldness slider, those don't work with the .mobi format.
Yes, and this is a huge deal if you've struggled with the previous standard fonts. I so enjoy this that I no longer convert to mobi but azw3 using Calibre.
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Thank you everybody. Right now converting 13k+ EPUB to AZW3
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Silly question but is there any way to enable to page curl for books not bought on Amazon?

I have few books but none will do the animation of page turning.

Is it possible? Would that be related to the format?
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Several. You'll retain the original layout and formatting far better with the azw3. Also you'll get to use custom fonts and the boldness slider, those don't work with the .mobi format.
On the other hand, the send to kindle app on my Mac is refusing to send .azw3, its only accepting mobi (I want to be able to sync between kindle and phone app) and mobi seems to be the only way to do it.
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