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Re:Standard Ebooks by carlosjobim on Monday January 01, 2024 @04:19PM (#38835446)
Yes, Amazon has changed the game and they only allow downloads in .AZW, .PRC, .MOBI or .TXT format now.

I understand that this is their fault and not yours, but maybe it could be interesting for you to offer one of these formats now that the Kindle browser is actually usable?

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Re:Standard Ebooks by B1FF_PSUVM on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @02:35PM (#38845966)
> they only allow downloads in .AZW

Do they actually check the file content or just the name?

If the latter, just a .AZW alias to the actual .AZW3 might work ...

(I can't test, don't have a Kindle nowadays)

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Re:Standard Ebooks by carlosjobim on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:25PM (#38846693)
I don't know. The Kindle browser doesn't have any copy and paste function, so it's difficult to work around any limitation.
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Re:Standard Ebooks by B1FF_PSUVM on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:27PM (#38846726)
I meant the SE site serving ".azw" files that are the same as the .azw3 - I understood that it's the Kindle browser that limits the downloads, right?

Once the files are in the Kindle, it would probably work out OK.

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Re:Standard Ebooks by carlosjobim on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @05:12PM (#38847792)
Ah, I see. Great idea! I hope they see your comment.
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