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. Amazon clarifies that MOBI is an older file format lacking support for the latest Kindle features, prompting a transition to modern formats that ensure prolonged compatibility with Kindle e-books. Users

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    38•1 year ago

    lacking support for the latest Kindle features

    What kind of support are they “lacking”? They do contain the text and basic formatting. What else would they need in a book?

    I’d guess that those “lacking” features have something to do with user tracking or DRM.

    • ClegkoEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      Epub doesn’t natively have user tracking and DRM either. Mobi files are just ancient and there are better alternatives for them. Like bmp files vs jpg.

      • mesamuneEnglish
        9•1 year ago

        Epub is actually pretty good. And it’s been supported for a long time now. Hard agree.

        • StarDreamerEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          Epub is also a super easy format to script with, allowing easy parsing of webpages to ebooks.