For instance, Amazon's Kindle favored format is its own, DRM - restricted
AZW e-book format.
Not exact matches
Load in your own
e-books — Amazon Kindle e-readers are able to read a multitude of proprietary formats, including
AZW and MOBI, but also PDF files.
Many users have reported to Good e-Reader that the Kindle e-reading app will not recognize
e-books in the MOBI,
AZW or KF8 when loaded on the SD card.
Using its own proprietary format, Amazon also sells
AZW compatible
e-books on their online store.
It has to do with the
AZW format, publishers are no longer using it and this is the only
e-book type that the original Kindle can... [Read more...]
In recent years the company has been heavily using the
AZW format and Kindle Format 8 for enhanced
e-books.
My Kobo Aura HD supports both
e-books in the Kindle file formats (MOBI,
AZW) and the more common EPUB file format.
Of course those devices can also load the free Amazon Kindle app to read mobi or
azw Kindle format
e-books.
Ric, actually, the
AZW is one of two formats they sell right now: it depends on the age of the
e-book.
The Kindle uses Amazon's proprietary
AZW format, but can read unprotected Mobipocket
e-books, HTML, Word documents and plain text -LRB-.
You convert to
AZW using Amazon's online Digital Text Platform, and you format your
e-book using rudimentary HTML.
By enforcing its own
AZW format instead of using an open standard supported by other
e-book readers, like EPUB, Amazon effectively prevents people from reading that content on any device besides a Kindle (or a device equipped with Kindle software).
These formats include, but certainly are not limited to, HTML, PDF,
AZW (Amazon's proprietary format for the Kindle), EPUB (an open
e-book format used by the iPad) and Mobipocket.