

▸ Amazon has recently divided the digital content into separate parts. You can find them by title or author, but not by file extension. ▸ Please remember, that your own books (downloaded from third-party source) are not “mobi” any longer.
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From there, you can download them to your Kindle or Kindle app. ▸ All books – both the ones that you buy in the Kindle Store and the ones you add from third-party sources – are stored in your Kindle cloud library on Amazon servers. Many users ask where they can find the files they add to their Kindle or Kindle app. ▸ In other words, stop thinking of the file you have just downloaded to Kindle as “a mobi file,” and start thinking of it as “a Kindle book” you want to read.
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▸ From now on, it’s Amazon’s responsibility to guarantee the book’s full compatibility with whatever device or app you use to read Kindle books. ▸ Once the book appears in your Kindle library, you can stop worrying about whether it’s in a mobi, prc, or azw format. ▸ When you send a file via email to your Kindle e-reader or application, this file is being processed on Amazon servers and then sent to a destination device or app. Let’s explain what happens with a mobi file when you successfully add it to your Kindle library. What happens when a mobi file is added to Kindle? ▸ Termination of the support for mobi format applies only to files that you would want to add in August 2022 or later. There is no need to take any action – these files are there and nothing happens to them. ▸ You don’t have to convert your mobi files that are already in your Kindle library. You will be able to manage them the same way as before.They will not disappear from your Kindle library.One could assume that the end of the mobi format support applies to all books, both new and old.Ĭalm down, all mobi files that you have already added to your Kindle are 100% safe: The “goodbye, mobi” email from Amazon made many Kindle users confused. All mobi files you previously added to Kindle are 100% safe ▸ Taking these two messages into consideration, you have to assume “the late 2022” is the beginning of August 2022. MOBI) files to your library using Send to Kindle.” ▸ Also, on the Amazon Help page with file formats supported by Kindle you can read that “Beginning in late 2022, you’ll no longer be able to send MOBI (.AZW. The email says that from August 2022, you’ll no longer be able to send mobi (as well as azw) files to your Kindle library. ▸ At the end of April 2022, Amazon was sending emails to Kindle users with information about discontinuing the support for mobi file format. If you downloaded an epub file to your computer, you had to convert it to mobi, because Amazon didn’t accept epub.
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▸ So far, if you wanted to add to your Kindle library an ebook from a third-party source (such as sites with free public domain books), you had to select mobi. All other ebook platforms, including Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo, Apple Books, or Google Books, use the other ebook file format – epub. ▸ This file format is sometimes called “Kindle format,” as Amazon Kindle is the only major ebook platform to still use it. ▸ Mobi is one (or I should now rather say “was”) of the most popular ebook file formats introduced back in 2000 by Mobipocket. Mobi files for Kindle – things to know Support for mobi files ends in 2022 Already now you can add epub books via email. Read also: Epub file format for Kindle – things we know so far – From August 2022, Amazon will fully support epub file format. The books you added to your Kindle library by yourself – we will also call them “third-party books” or “sideloaded books” – they come with a limited feature support.The books you downloaded from the Kindle Store – they come with a full feature support.The best one is epub.īefore we move on, please keep in mind that in your Kindle library there are two kinds of books, and Amazon handles them differently: You will have to choose another file format. However, please keep in mind that from August 2022 you will not be able to add any new mobi file to your Kindle library. All mobi files that you have already added to your Kindle are safe. ▸ The best gifts for librarians and library supporters ▸ 20 bookworm gifts for every occasion in 2023
