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.
Calibre + KFX plugin. That’s it.
KFX supports hyphenation and many more advanced features - the plugin exploits the official Amazon app for publishers to convert any open format into KFX, giving you all the features of Amazon store bought books for free.
Is this the plugin?
Yes!
I’ll have to try that KfX plugin. I also read somewhere someone was listing a stack he was using with Calibre but I can’t find it anymore…
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.
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.
Epub is actually pretty good. And it’s been supported for a long time now. Hard agree.
The devices themselves still can’t process epub though so they still need conversion to … mobi.
They can use epubs for several months now. It’s been incredibly nice but to have to convert books anymore.
Older devices too? I still have a Kindle Voyage.
Several months seems like a really short time frame to go from “the format you must use” to “too old for our product.”
Once you go Kobo you never go back.
Gotta say, cannot complain about my kindle either. Thanks to calibre, I’m not bound to Amazon and can read whatever I want.
I’ll check them out. Thanks
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If anyone knows of a good ebook reader that’s as easy on the eyes as a Kindle I’d love to know it. Everything I look at looks like a low spec tablet instead of a proper eink display.
Edit: thanks to a few comments in this thread I went with the Kobo Libra 2. I love this little device. Plenty of storage, a great display that’s really easy on the eyes even with the backlight (which is fully dimmable and has color temperature adjustment). Thanks for everyone for the recommendations!
I’ve used a kobo deluxe for several years and they’re great
Kobo Libra H2O, has hardware buttons and a cool design.
So I took your advice though I ended up settling on the Kobo Libra 2 and I absolutely love this thing. It has a couple hardware buttons, too. Thanks for the recommendation!
I’ve had two readers made by Boox. They’ve been great. I broke the screen on the first one, but software-wise, I have no complaints.
Huh what ? They prevent people read .mobi because the format is old ? What about plain text ? .txt ?
