04-14-2012, 06:01 PM | #1 |
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Calibre doesn't recognize .azw3 books
I just purchased and downloaded a book "A Matter of Honor" by Jeffrey Archer and was surprised to see that calibre didn't recognize it. I see that it is an .azw3 book, but am not sure what that means.
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04-14-2012, 07:42 PM | #2 |
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The .azw3 extension is for KF8 ebooks. Calibre does support these, since version 0.8.42. However, it (or perhaps 3rd party DRM-stripping plugins - make sure these are up to date if you are using them) may not recognize .azw3 as a "known" extension. If you rename to .mobi (or .azw), before import Calibre should handle it.
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04-14-2012, 08:12 PM | #3 |
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Interesting. I've not run into any AZW3 KF8 books. All the KF8s I've come across have simply been AZW. Are the AZW3s being downloaded directly to Kindle devices or perhaps downloads to a PC from a user's library? The ones delivered to the Kindle apps seem to all be AZW. Just wondering if there's some sort of consistent rule here that can be determined?
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04-14-2012, 09:35 PM | #5 |
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Thanks. Just curious. I don't have a device that I can download for that's KF8 capable, so that explains why I haven't come across one.
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