While some devices support proprietary and DRM - locked file formats (like Amazon's
AZW for the Kindle), almost all readers also embrace standards like plain text (TXT), Adobe's portable document format (PDF) and HTML.
The Kindle is the only one that doesn't have reflow, but you can have Amazon convert PDFs to
AZW for free and that is essentially reflow.
Amazon will also convert the following formats to
AZW for free: PDF (reflows), HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP.
Not exact matches
You can easily move the files there — usually
AZW files
for Kindle devices and ePub
for iBooks and Nook devices — from the device to a local folder in case your Kindle is broken or shut down.
In the past they used
AZW and MOBI
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Even the «Kindle
for the Web» beta re-directs book buyers to purchase full versions of books that use Kindle's proprietary format, known as
AZW.
azw, but the only way to use it
for its main purpose — as a digital reader
for popular mainstream books — is via its own proprietary DRM - protected format.
For instance, Amazon's Kindle favored format is its own, DRM - restricted
AZW e-book format.
It is also possible to load content in various formats from a computer by simply transferring it to the Kindle via USB (
for free) or by emailing it to a registered email address provided by Amazon (
for a fee, unless the transfer to the device is done via Wi - Fi instead of 3G); the email service can convert a number of document formats to Amazon's
AZW format and then transmit the result to the associated Kindle over Whispernet.
As long as it's not priced too unreasonably, I'd go so far as to say that the Touch 2 will probably be the best 6 inch ereader on the market at the time it comes out, except
for AZW files of course.
With Kindle 2, Amazon chose to go
for Mobipocket
for free content and carried on with its proprietary
AZW format.
Sony went along with the.1 rf extension and Amazon played safe with homegrown
AZW format
for its Kindle.
AZW is exclusive
for Kindle readers.
I really doubt with all of the investment Amazon has made into the development of DRM
for MOBI /
AZW that they would simply stop.
In recent years the company has been heavily using the
AZW format and Kindle Format 8
for enhanced e-books.
This program will allow you to construct an ebook, implement a table of contents, and then save your ebook in a format generally accepted by Amazon, such as Mobi or
AZW — which are Amazon's formats
for ebooks.
Amazon does provide a service under which you can send the company PDFs (and other document) files
for conversion into the Kindle's native
AZW file format.
As
for the formats supported, Kindle supports Kindle Format 8 (
AZW3), Kindle (
AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion (copied that from the product page).
If your PDFs are single column text based PDFs then Amazon's conversion to
AZW is generally pretty good
for reflow.
You don't need yet another ISBN
for Kindle, though, since your mobi /
azw ebook only appears on Amazon, so they will issue you one of their own Amazon Stock Identifier Number (ASIN) ids.
For those using a Kindle, this may not mean much for you, since your copy is in the proprietary AZW / TOPAZ form
For those using a Kindle, this may not mean much
for you, since your copy is in the proprietary AZW / TOPAZ form
for you, since your copy is in the proprietary
AZW / TOPAZ format.
I also have a separate reader
for each and every format: Adobe Reader
for PDF files, Kindle
for AZW and KF8, EPUB
for epub, Microsoft Reader
for lit and the list goes on and on.
AZW (likely standing
for Amazon Whispernet) is Amazon's proprietary format
for its Kindle ereader.
For instance, Amazon's Kindles do not support EPUB without first being converted whereas Apple's iPad does not directly welcome Amazon's proprietary format,
AZW / MOBI / KF8.
You can download the books as Epub or text files and then use a tool like Calibre to convert them to
azw files
for the Kindle.
Touted as Multi-platform Publishing, Yudu scribbles down every possible eReader formats available on earth (EPUB, KF8, MOBI,
AZW, mobile apps
for iOS and Android) to make sure their publication will work smoothly on any platform.
In addition to support
for native Kindle formats
AZW and
AZW3, the Oasis also supports TXT, PDF, MOBI, PRC, HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP files.
This can include
AZW and / or MOBI (
for KDP and a few others), though this is unnecessary.
Landscape viewing is also out
for regular
AZW / Mobi books as well which is something a few folks I've talked to that use really large fonts were disappointed to hear.
However, it is safe to say that ebooks
for the Kindle are usually in MOBI or
AZW format and that most other e-readers and tablets support the EPUB format.
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Similar to the Kindle
AZW format, EPUB offers limited support
for typography and layout.
The common computer softwares which support
AZW are Kindle Reader, Kindle
for PC / Mac, Kindle
for iOS, Kindle
for Android.
The Boox's reading apps supports DRM - free PRC and MOBI files, so it's not going to work
for Kindle ebooks 95 % of the time unless you happen to get one without DRM, and even then I think the apps download
AZW.
I've been under the impression (from Amazon), that you had to email everything non
azw to them to convert to their format in order
for reading, or
for a better quality read.
For DRM encrypted files, the Kindle International supports Amazon's proprietary format:
AZW.
The Kindle Touch doesn't offer PDF reflow, but you can have Amazon convert PDFs to their
AZW format
for reflow.
For instance, Amazon's Kindle favored format is its own, DRM - restricted
AZW ebook format.
When you want to convert
AZW to PDF, it can recognize Kindle
AZW file version automatically, and optimize
for different version, which makes the converted PDF files keep the same with the original file in displaying effect (eg: layout and appearance).
AZW, which many speculate to stand
for Amazon Whispernet (the cellular - based wireless...
In practical terms, this means that books in the
AZW format are only readable using Amazon's Kindle ereader, along with Amazon's corresponding applications
for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC, Blackberry, and other platforms.
Some argue that because Amazon readily supports most major platforms, consumers who invest in
AZW - format books are making a safe decision since these books are, at present and
for all intents and purposes, portable across the most common devices people are likely to own.
AZW, which many speculate to stand
for Amazon Whispernet (the cellular - based wireless service that Amazon uses to deliver books directly to your Kindle), is based on the original MOBI format developed by the French firm Mobipocket SA.
Consequently,
AZW is one of the easier formats
for authors and publishers.
While the Kindle itself allows you to open some other file formats, the stuff you buy and download
for the Kindle (and Kindle software) from Amazon.com is encoded in a proprietary DRM scheme —
AZW files that only Kindle can read.
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.