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Old 07-04-2015, 07:15 AM   #46
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Which precisely illustrates my point that the extension varies with the platform. One cannot make a blanket statement, as Jon did, that "AZW = MOBI7". That's not true.
It is true when the Kindle eBook is in the Calibre database. Calibre uses .azw for Mobi and .azw3 for KF8. The post I replied to said that the .azw eBook was being converted to ePub in Calibre. So yes, in the context to which I was replying, I was correct.
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"AZW" is simply a file extension and tells you nothing about the format. All books downloaded directly to a Kindle will have a ".AZW" file extension, regardless of whether they are MOBI7 or KF8 format. "Kindle for PC", on the other hand, does use "AZW" for MOBI7 and "AZW3" for KF8.
On my Kindle Touch, mobi7 is downloaded with the .azw file extension, and KF8 is downloaded as .azw3 -- I've seen the same on PW1/2.





It is true, however, that the exact file extension need not mean anything.
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It is true when the Kindle eBook is in the Calibre database. Calibre uses .azw for Mobi and .azw3 for KF8. The post I replied to said that the .azw eBook was being converted to ePub in Calibre. So yes, in the context to which I was replying, I was correct.
Unless of course you get .mobi files instead....
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