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Amazon issues warning about major change for Kindle users starting next month (goodereader.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Deebster@programming.dev 121 points 11 months ago (3 children)

This is an enormously overblown headline for such a small change.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I erroneously thought mobi was more important than it apparently is. I haven't had an e-reader in a long time and I remember using mobi files back then.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's only for very old Kindles, really - Amazon have a new version they use (azw3) and everyone else uses epub.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

My last e-reader was a very old Kindle.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

"Amazon notifies users that Kindle will no longer support Mobi ebook format"