Most of the Kindle users,
use AZW format which is easily available on Amazon store.
Amazon's Kindle devices use the MOBI structure but the files have a different DRM scheme and
use the AZW file extension.
«Early Kindle devices
used AZW eBook format, which was a modified MOBI standard.
In the past
they used AZW and MOBI for the standard... [Read more...]
In recent years the company has been heavily
using the AZW format and Kindle Format 8 for enhanced e-books.
Not exact matches
AZW eBook format is
used only on Kindle devices.
Also, unlike the original MOBI format, the
AZW format does not allow the
use of JavaScript.
The primary difference between MOBI and
AZW is that
AZW uses asterisk instead of dollar sign in the serial number scheme.
You only need to
use mouse to drag the file or catalog to the main window of the software, then it will be read and converted by the software automatically without considering it is
AZW,
AZW1,
AZW3,
AZW4, MOBI or PRC.
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.
If you
use Amazon to convert your file from Epub or Microsoft Word it will be converted into
AZW.
Using its own proprietary format, Amazon also sells
AZW compatible e-books on their online store.
They
use a proprietary format called
AZW and a new encryption system called TOPAZ.
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...]
azw file to ereader, converter to other format
using Calibre.
The Kindle Touch
uses Amazons own proprietary formats such as
AZW, PRC, MOBI, KF8, and so on.
The Kindle reads
AZW files while other ereaders
use ePub.
PRC), plain text files, and HTML and Word documents, Kindle also
uses its own proprietary, DRM - restricted format (
AZW).
azw format
using the free program Calibre.
Amazon is the only vendor to
use an alternative internal format called MOBI (wrapped in its
AZW container).
For those
using a Kindle, this may not mean much for you, since your copy is in the proprietary
AZW / TOPAZ format.
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.
FYI, Kindle
uses the proprietary
azw file format or the public mobi version.
The only ereader that doesn't support ePub is the Kindle (note that Fire tablets do support ePub via numerous apps) and that can be remedied easily enough by
using Calibre to convert ePub to Mobi or
AZW to read on a Kindle.
100 % free and safe; Quick, efficient conversions from word to epub; No contents or quality losing; Set cover, edit metadatas, edit table of contents, make professional ebook; Amazingly easy to
use, just need edit word documents and click on «Publish»; Generate EPUB, MOBI,
AZW,
AZW3, PDF books in one software; Import EPUB, MOBI,
AZW,
AZW3, HTML, TXT to Word, you can
use ePUBee Maker as eBook Editor or eBook Reader.
However, since
AZW is almost identical in format to MOBI files, tools
used to create MOBI files can also be
used to generate
AZW files by simply renaming the extension.
Duokan installs alongside the typical Kindle OS, so you can dual boot to it whenever you want (such as to read the Kindle Store's DRM - protected
AZW files, or to
use free 3G Whispernet).
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.
KindleGen is a proprietary tool provided by Amazon to be
used to convert source files to
AZW format and KF8 be
used on the Amazon Kindle reader.
Amazon
uses a different format, MOBI (or
AZW), which accomplishes the same thing.
The Kindle e-reader
uses mobi or
azw files whilst most other e-readers
use epub files.
Unlike Amazon's
AZW / MOBI format, EPUB is an open standard that is
used in a growing number of ereaders including the Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble NOOK, and Kobo eReader, among others.
The Kindle
uses Amazon's proprietary
AZW format, but can read unprotected Mobipocket e-books, HTML, Word documents and plain text -LRB-.
azw): Developed by Amazon and based on the Mobipocket standard, with a slightly different serial number scheme (it
uses an asterisk instead of a Dollar sign) and its own DRM formatting HTML -LRB-.
Amazon Kindles, however,
use Amazon's proprietary
AZW file format, which can only be
used on a Kindle.
PDFs, Word documents, and other ebooks can be exported to the Kindle's native format (
AZW) and copied over to the device
using a USB cable.
You convert to
AZW using Amazon's online Digital Text Platform, and you format your e-book
using rudimentary HTML.
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.
it produce a new
AZW file that user can convert to EPUB / PDF / TXT / RTF format ebook
using Calibre, read them on iPad, NOOK, Sony Reader or other device without limitation, user also can print converted Kindle ebook.
azw format, and
use Amazon DRM.
nlike Amazon's
AZW / MOBI format, EPUB is an open standard that is
used in a growing number of ereaders including the Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble NOOK, and Kobo eReader, among others.
Install and run Kindle DRM Remova to remove drm protection from kindle books, it is easy to
use, just click «remove DRM» button, a new
azw file will created without DRM.
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.
The Amazon Kindle's
AZW format is basically just the Mobipocket format with a slightly different serial number scheme (it
uses an asterisk instead of a dollar sign), and.
AZW is a proprietary format, which means that Amazon alone controls its future, along with which devices (or software applications) you can
use to read books in the format.
Alas, books converted to Amazon's favoured MOBI /
AZW formats
using apps such as Calibre and transferred
using USB don't get sync'd to the cloud either.
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.