It has been around for longer, and it isīy far the most popular format outside of Amazon. What Is an EPUB File?Īn EPUB file is a more common form of digital ebook file. Reader doesn’t work with Mobi or accept them. That file also needed to be MOBI before you could do so.īut Amazon was alone in this endeavour because just about every other book marketing or Authors had to have a MOBI file if they wanted to self-publish their book to KDP.Īdditionally, if you wanted to side-load a free ebook (such as a reader magnet or an ARC copy), In essence, if you have ever read a book on a Kindle app or Kindle device, you were reading a Their Amazon Kindle E readers, fire tablets, and mobile apps. The MOBI file is a digital file for ebooks that was developed by Amazon, specifically for use on We get into that, let’s first take a look at exactly what a Mobi and EPUB file is. Also, whatĭoes this mean for authors? These are the questions I hope to tackle in this article.

However, starting in 2020, Amazon began phasing out this file type, in favor of the more popularīut why? Why would Amazon destroy the mobi file and what do they hope to gain.

Not long ago, the MOBI file for both reflowable and fixed submission to Amazon was the ebookįile that you had to upload to Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). Dave Chesson (Please note that Authorlink does not accept so-called ad-embedded 'guest posts.' Our articles are juried)

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