In a recent communication, Amazon has alerted Kindle users about significant changes set to take effect from next month. The notification pertains to the phasing out of support for sending MOBI (.mobi, .azw, .prc) files through the “Send to Kindle” feature, starting November 1, 2023. This change, as News18 pointed out, specifically impacts users attempting to send MOBI files via email and Kindle apps on iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac.

  • TrenchcoatFullOfBats
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    21 year ago

    This was before Walmart bought them

    Walmart didn’t buy Kobo, although they did/do own a small share of Rakuten, Kobo’s parent company.

    In 2018, in an attempt to keep up with Amazon, Walmart partnered with Kobo to sell ebooks and Kobo devices in Walmart stores and online, and I believe that devices purchased from Walmart had the Walmart logo when they booted up, and I think the Kobo site in the US also had Walmart branding, but Kobo was then and is now a Canadian company fully owned by a Japanese company.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Good to know. I was worried that Walmart would screw up the PDF capabilities, among other things.