![]() ![]() The thing to remember is: eBooks are code. Amazon also has a new proprietary format called Kindle Format 8, which launched along with their Kindle Fire eReader/tablet and uses HTML5 and CSS3. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. mobi files can be DRM restricted, AZW are not. mobi format is used by Amazon, but their proprietary format is called AZW, which is identical to. Amazon’s Kindle supports the Mobipocket standard format and in 2005, bought the company who developed the standard. Most eReaders will accept and display an eBook formatted as an ePub – the Kindle is not on the list. If they had succeeded, the Internet would be a very different place today, and everyone would have to purchase licenses in order to code websites using the Microsoft standard language. Years ago when the Internet was still young, Microsoft attempted to push the free HTML format out in favor of a Microsoft controlled, proprietary format. When you point your browser at a website, the browser reads the code and presents you with the website all formatted and pretty. ![]() HTML is the mark up code language used for a lot of websites on the Internet, and it’s free – you don’t have to purchase HTML in order to use it. The ePub format isn’t proprietary – that means you can use it without having to pay someone a license fee, or purchase the code base. When people adopt a standard format, they agree to use specific language and code and layout. ![]() This is a standard but maybe saying ‘format’ will make more sense to you. But let’s take a look at each format real quick and give you an overview.ĮPub. If you’re going to put your eBook up on Amazon, you’re probably going to want to choose the. They also produce a file that will either work on a Kindle, a Nook, an iPad, Sony Reader, so on and etc. Your options are:Įach option changes the other tabs available to you, and some of the information on those tabs. Here is where you choose your output format. ![]()
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