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Amazon issues warning about major change for Kindle users starting next month (goodereader.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Salamendacious to c/technology
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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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[–] kadu 77 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Calibre has been a life saver for me. Love that program!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are kfx files often larger and sometimes double the size?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lacks compression?

Don't know if it really matters, though. 8GB of storage holds a lot of books, even if they're illustrated, and that's what base-model e-readers are coming with.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It matters to me, since I find the differences in sizes to be stark when I compare them. I already find page turns on my Paperwhite a tad slow (even with page refresh off). So converting all of my books to kfx (which was my initial plan) seems like a bad idea.

[–] kadu 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A source to read more about this and how exactly kfx works and it's enhanced typesetting would be cool.

Do you know of alternative methods of producing kfx files other than the official Amazon app and Calibre's plugins for it?

And how would I go about editing a kfx file?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly, KFX plugin does not work in Linux (it lacks Kindle Preview app)

[–] warmaster 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about using Bottles ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Been meaning to, but havent try yet.

Still bit a noob, I am wondering if I should also install calibre through bottles (I imagine bottles sets up some sort of sandbox that only those installed through it can use its files).

[–] LazaroFilm 2 points 1 year ago

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…

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Looks great.