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.

  • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    KFX is actually faster at page turning, as it doesn’t need to calculate how to spread words to fill the most lines per page.

    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      That makes sense to me. Access speed and disc space are often inversely related. It’s like pre-optimizing the file for faster consumptionater by adding more information at “compile time” vs “run time”.