So once you own that file, it is yours forever. You may find that another one of your stores is running a much better deal on a book. This is a big win for those interested in buying their books from more than just one ebook store. The exact date for this is unknown though, so it could happen at any time. Later this year, users will also be able to do this via Send to Kindle Applications. Each user has a unique address that is used for this purpose. A way to email books to your Amazon account that will then allow them to appear on the Kindle over the cloud after the company’s servers have converted it to a AZW3 file during the process. Now, users can do it by sending an ePub file to their Send to Kindle e-mail address. Simply to be able to convert from one format to Amazon’s AZW3 native format. However, this requires finding software you can trust, and in some cases, having to pay for said software. With limited support for now and a more complete support for the format later this year.īefore now, you have been able to do this using third-party apps like Calibre (one of our favorites). At least, until now.Īmazon has opened Kindles up to the ePub format, which is one of the most common formats supported by alternative ebook stores.

If the book wasn’t bought from Amazon, it was a no-go (except for a few formats like PDFs and Word Docs at least). Amazon has locked the Kindle devices down for some time now, preventing users from simply dropping books into their Kindle device that were purchased via third-party solutions.

Kindle epub support