Amazon's Kindle uses only mobi files, and so it makes sense that you don't need an ISBN because you will only be using
the mobi file at Amazon.
not bother with
a mobi file at all?
Not exact matches
This needs to be understood because some
files look like
MOBI files but really aren't related
at all, and so they most likely can't be opened with the same software.
Before you tell me that Amazon also allows ePub submissions
at this point, let me remind you that Amazon converts these ePub
files into
mobi files before delivering them to users, stripping the e-books of all ePub specific features.?
mobi file, and that's the version you upload to your account
at kdp.amazon.com.
We
at O'Reilly are very pleased to announce that we have officially upgraded to EPUB 3, and ebook bundles purchased from oreilly.com will now include EPUB 3
files, in addition to
Mobi and PDF
files.
These aren't conversion problems, per se; old Kindles and Kindle for iOS display a version of the
mobi file (
MOBI7) that is based on old PalmPilot technology; it can't handle sophisticated formatting
at all.
This is because EPUB
files are,
at the core, HTML, and Kindle
MOBI markup is supposedly not far removed from HTML either.
At eBooks2go, we can convert up to 200 pages for
Mobi and ePub
files.
According to a blog post on the announcement by CEO and founder Mark Coker, «Each time you purchase an ebook
at Smashwords, we'll automatically transfer up to three
file formats — epub,
mobi and PDF — to your Dropbox account.
At first, a
MOBI file was the only
file Amazon would accept to publish in the Kindle ebookstore.
Upgrade your books to a PDF+EBOOK Pro package by Sunday, Aug. 30,
at midnight EST, and get promo - free EPUB,
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MOBI Output While I don't recommend changing anything, you should be aware that a Table of Contents is inserted
at the end of the
file.
At first,
MOBI - formatted ebooks could only be read on Amazon's Kindle e-readers, but it didn't take long for them to wise up and create apps so that
MOBI files could be read on competing devices.
Select «Kindle» in Apps list, then click «Add...» button
at right - bottom corner, you select
mobi file to update to Kindle app in iPad.
Kindle App in iPad is great, not only you read Kindle ebook bought
at amazon website, but also you can read personal
mobi ebook converted from other format in Calibre, for example you bought some ebooks
at Sony library, B&N store, you can read those ebook in Kindle iPad App, this is tutorial how to upload
mobi file into Kindle iPad app.
(Amazon's
mobi is also considered proprietary but
at least you can use a free conversion tool like Calibre to create an EPUB
file from a non-DRM
mobi file.
But for anyone else who's curious, try the
mobi links -
file to mobile - device - oriented sites,
at http://bit.ly/mobiweb and some tips for faster access.
mobi file is the one you will upload to Amazon for sale
at the Amazon Kindle store.
If you can't access the Amazon US store, you can still get hold of a free
mobi file to sideload to your Kindle
at Smashwords or All Romance eBooks.
Note that I have personally experienced a few glitches
at this step, but every time I repeated Step 8, I got a successfully compiled
mobi file.
Yes, you can upload an ePUB to KDP
at Amazon; you do not need a
MOBI or AZW ebook
file.
You can choose several
files at the same time, no matter they are EPUB or
MOBI format, they still can be converted simultaneously, which would decrease your operation times.
if this
mobi file is copy from Kindle reader, then you should input PID of Kindle, you find it
at «Home - > Menu - > Device Info - > Serial Number»
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mobi file formats for beginners John Crawnook on March 9, 2012
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Mobi formats, I finally contacted Paul Salvette (an eBook formatting guru, in my opinion), and within 24 hours, he and the team
at BB eBooks emailed me the flawlessly formatted
files, ready to upload, exactly as promised.
If I did, you know I'm getting old LOL it is the same book Cindy as before.Now I have a problem of not knowing how to convert to a
Mobi file, I am really not good
at all when it comes to thing such as these.
Or if you'd prefer the reader to read secured
MOBI files you can install firmware for that too, but note that the device can not support both Adobe and Mobipocket
at the same time; it's either or.
mobi files embed the cover image
at the start of the book.
For Kindle, Vellum creates a
MOBI file and a lot of people think that the
file size of the
MOBI file is what determines delivery costs, and that's not true
at all.
mobi file, should downgrade kindle for pc to old version v1.17, look
at Downgrade Kindle for PC to v1.17.
You will be sent a
mobi file, that you can upload to your Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account
at Amazon.
Each time you purchase an ebook
at Smashwords, we'll automatically transfer up to three
file formats — epub,
mobi and PDF — to your Dropbox account.
Cost: $ 0 if you use Pressbooks Public
at a library; $ 19.99 per book if you use Pressbooks.com to generate your EPUB and
MOBI files.