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Amazon issues warning about major change for Kindle users starting next month (goodereader.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They're just removing an antiquated file type that you should have moved on from anyway. All my books are in epub format and even if they weren't calibre converts them so I don't think this is a significant change at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of us still use devices that only support .mobi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This news wouldn’t really affect you, though, would it?

Send to Kindle feature is only for Amazon Kindle, and Kindle apps, and those have been able to support more than .mobi since the Kindle 2 (non-touch with a keyboard) which was discontinued nearly 15 years ago.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

What if you bought an ebook in mobi format a long time ago?

It doesn't make sense.