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a) The book b) The reading device. If the publisher has made the book available in both KF8 and Mobi format and your device or app supports KF8, you'll get the KF8 version of the book. If the book is only available in Mobi format, and/or your reading device/app only supports Mobi, you'll get the Mobi version. I'd guess that about 80% of the books I buy these days are KF8. |
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Depends on what Kindle you are downloading the file to, and what formats Amazon has available for the ebook. If I download to my Paperwhite, I most often receive an AZW3. If I download to my Kindle 2, I get an AZW. On occasion, I still get a TPZ file.
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For myself the only thing I've been getting Mobi7 files for are titles that have been out for a while. |
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I don't see publishers updating just to add KF8. But I would expect them to update Kindlegen.
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Some of the older files are also being updated from AZW to AZW3. When I download to Mac some books I bought two - three years back and I indicate I will read them either on my Kindle 3 or PW, I sometimes now get AZW3 file of what was AZW when I bought them.
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Seriously. You might get Mobi, KF8, Topaz or even Print Replica when you buy from Amazon. Although at least you get told when you buy Print Replica. Even for a book that's not in Topaz format, whether Amazon sends Mobi or KF8 depends on the device you get it sent to (unless Amazon only have the Mobi version). |
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Yes, this I know. I was hoping that more of the eBooks I have from Amazon (the free ones) would have been updated more so to KF8. Oh well.
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