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> Aha, interesting. My Kindle books are the older MOBI format, which is
> no
> problem with Calibre. Thanks for the clarification.
>
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> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
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> > I have Calibre. It can convert *to* AZW3 format, but cannot convert
> > *from*that format.
I'm not a Kindle user, and I found the information about Kindle formats in the "Ebook Format Conversion" section of the calibre FAQ somewhat puzzling. MOBI is in both the input and output formats lists; AWZ3 is only in the output list. But the note that follows the format lists says in part:
"MOBI books can be of two types Mobi6 and KF8. calibre fully supports both. MOBI files often have .azw or .azw3 file extensions"
So is AWZ3:
-- a file format, distinct from Mobi6 and KF8?
-- a file extension used for MOBI files (of one type or the other...)?
-- both (just to confuse people)?
Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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