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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Oh my bad. Any reason why those formats are worse than epub? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It's really just that only Amazon uses AZW3 and KFX. MOBI is deprecated, and nobody really uses it anymore, not even Amazon. KFX is DRMed to hell, and I'm not sure about it, but most AZW3 files are just DRM wrappers for EPUB anyway. This is why the KindleUnpack plugin for Calibre can strip out EPUBs from most AZW3 files and retain formatting without needing conversion. Basically, AZW3 and KFX are for Kindle, and only for Kindle. EPUB is an open standard that literally every device that's not a Kindle uses. I already own a non-Amazon reader that's my main reader, and I want to move away from Amazon's ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Maybe I didnt read it properly when Calibre was sending it to my reader. Regarding formats: As expected (Insert XKCD comic about standards) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) It's really just that only Amazon uses AZW3 and KFX. MOBI is deprecated, and nobody really uses it anymore, not even Amazon. KFX is DRMed to hell, and I'm not sure about it, but most AZW3 files are just DRM wrappers for EPUB anyway. This is why the KindleUnpack plugin for Calibre can strip out EPUBs from most AZW3 files and retain formatting without needing conversion. Basically, AZW3 and KFX are for Kindle, and only for Kindle. EPUB is an open standard that literally every device that's not a Kindle uses. I already own a non-Amazon reader that's my main reader, and I want to move away from Amazon's ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Maybe I didnt read it properly when Calibre was sending it to my reader. Regarding formats: As expected (Insert XKCD comic about standards) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago Maybe I didnt read it properly when Calibre was sending it to my reader. Regarding formats: As expected (Insert XKCD comic about standards) permalink fedilink source parent