I've
used both mobi and ePub as a reader, but heavily favor mobi.
Haven't
used Mobi reader due to its price & not so good reviews.
Electromagnetic, interactive, AAAA pen provides full mouse capability (left and right click, drag and drop, etc.) when
using Mobi View
Amazon's Kindle devices
use the MOBI structure but the files have a different DRM scheme and use the AZW file extension.
Kindle
uses the MOBI format; Kobo and Apple use the ePub format.
Haven't come across anything that tells us, for example, how to
use the mobi software... I spoke with a professional programmer yesterday who said even he can't figure out how to get a tranferrable file (to submit to Kindle) out of the program.
Uploading to Amazon Kindle can be done with a Word, pdf, MOBI or ePub document but I've gotten the best results
using the MOBI format.
First, «Save as» Filtered HTML, and then into Amazon's format (PRC)
using Mobi Pocket Creator.
Amazon is the only place that
uses a Mobi file... Amazon has their own numbering system... therefore your Mobi file does not need a separate ISBN.
Font changing works great as long as you are
using a mobi or epub format book.
And since the Kindle
uses Mobi files, we can probably find books elsewhere in Mobi format.
Amazon Kindle
uses the MOBI format for e-ink devices, and KF8 for the Kindle Fire.
You can, but as far as formats specifically designed for eReaders, Kindle
uses MOBI while Nook and others use ePub.
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.
Amazon first started selling e-books
using the MOBI format since 2005.
Right now there's Kindle which
uses a Mobi format, and Nook and all the others which use ePub.
KDP
uses mobi format, which is recognized by all Kindle devices.
Problem is that I live in the Republic of Panama and have to download kindle books (
I use the MOBI format) onto the computer and then load them to the Kindle using the USB cable.
KDP
uses the mobi digital format, which is different from most other digital retailers, which use ePub.
Finally, you can use Adobe Digital Editions to read e-books in DRM - protected ePub format on compatible e-readers, including the Nook and Nook Color, Sony E-Readers, and Kobo E-Readers — but notably not the Kindle (which
uses the MOBI file format and does not support Adobe DRM).
Publishing on Amazon's KDP system is similar to what you go through at Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Apple, though instead of the ePub format
they use the MOBI (with Kindle Format 8 specifications, or KF8 for short) format.
mobi) file
using Mobi Pocket Creator, but I chose to use Smashwords for the epub version — and I recall having the option to include Amazon as a sales channel.
Kindles natively
use mobi format, not epub.
The Kindle e-reader
uses mobi or azw files whilst most other e-readers use epub files.
Once the book is converted, you can check
it using the MOBI emulator built into the program.
But the Kindle doesn't use ePub;
it uses MOBI.
Not exact matches
By working together,
MOBI hopes, these stakeholders can transform the ways in which «consumers purchase, insure and
use vehicles.»
Use it to convert the ePub file to
mobi and then email the
mobi file to your kindle device or transfer it via USB.
«Early Kindle devices
used AZW eBook format, which was a modified
MOBI standard.
epub files can be converted to other file types (
mobi, azw3)
using the for PC program «Calibre».
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.
Interwrite
Mobi has a built - in 2.4» color LCD display (KWIK Screen), which reports student responses instantly when
used in conjunction with eInstruction's Classroom Performance System.
I posted about Jutoh in regard to creating ePub files, but it also creates
MOBI files, and you can
use its WYSIWYG editor to tweak the resulting files, if you want to fix any formatting problems.
You can
use Calibre to convert to a
MOBI file.
The quickest way to convert a
MOBI file is to
use an online converter like DocsPal.
If you already have a program on your computer that opens
MOBI files, you may be able to
use it to save the
MOBI file to one of a different format.
Provide your beta readers with a copy of your book in whichever format they prefer, whether that's a
mobi or epub file to
use on a tablet or e-reader, or a pdf that they can print out.
Kindle
uses a proprietary format called
MOBI.
Even though they might be confused with
MOBI files, these are video files that can only be
used with multimedia applications like Windows Media Player.
This morning I wanted to make a quick
MOBI of a project, so I dragged its EPUB over Kindle Previewer, with Settings on iPad (where I had left it when I
used Previewer last): And this is what I saw at the... Continue Reading →
MOBI directly and upload that instead of
using a conversion.
It seems to have a lot of features that I'm just not entirely sure about, and I also think the newer version of Calibre is missing or has changed certain things; for instance, I can't find the option to maintain my cover's image dimensions (unless that's because I'm outputting to
mobi instead of epub), which leads me to my additional question: How do I stop Calibre from constantly resizing my 1600 × 2400 image (what I've read is ideal size for
use through any ebook distribution channel) down to 1333x???? (sorry, not at my computer at present so can't remember the dimensions it shrinks it to).
Pressbooks
uses Amazon's Kindlegen software to create the
MOBI export (which converts from the EPUB file generated by Pressbooks).
Use for Amazon's Kindle and any other
Mobi - capable devices and software.
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.
While EPUB and
Mobi are the two most popular formats, EPUB has two variants in
use and
Mobi has a successor format called Amazon KF8.
So if you have Kindle for PC, you can
use it to read
MOBI files.
In the past they
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