![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you produced a free reader magnet to get people onto your newsletter, provided advanced Reader Magnets and ARC Editions No Longer Need a MOBI File Now that Amazon has embraced the EPUB, you only need to use one file for every store.Īdditionally, you only need one ISBN, since there is only one file now.Ģ. Prepare two files: one MOBI and one EPUB. Traditionally, if you wanted to publish in marketplaces outside of Amazon, you would need to You Now Only Need One File To Publish Everywhere There are a number of ramifications from this change as Amazon moves away from MOBI to theĮPUB that authors should know and think about. At the time of this writing, no specificĭate has been given yet. Will no longer be able to work with MOBI in any capacity. However, talking with the Kindle software team, this too will one day be removed and authors MOBI fixed file format when you submit your book to KDP for publishing. Amazon currently allows users to submit a The last bastion of the MOBI file is fixed format. So, by end of 2022, you will no longer be able to. Year, you’ll have the ability to either use their software or do directly load an EPUB to a Kindle. Currently, you now have the ability to “Send to Kindle” an EPUB file, and later in the Simultaneously, Amazon announced support for the EPUB file when sideloading books onto your Kindle. In 2022, it was announced that, by the end of the year, Amazon would soon be removing theĪbility to send MOBI files (both fixed and reflowable) to a Kindle and that it would be a stepped April 2022: Shifting To EPUB for Kindle submission Reflowable files would no longer be permitted when uploading ebooks to KDP. Midway through 2021, Amazon took the next step. June 2021: MOBI Reflowable Files Are No Longer Allowed on Amazon However, the MOBI file was still around, and you could still upload MOBI files to KDP.Ģ. This was significant, as Amazon had previously never allowed the EPUB to be used on that Beginning in late 2020,Īmazon began recommending that authors use EPUB files for uploading new books to Amazon This was the first sign that Amazon was phasing out the MOBI file. November 2020: Amazon recommends EPUB Instead of MOBI Now that we have a basic understanding of the difference between a MOBI and EPUB file, let’sġ. Learn more about the differences between different file types here. If you were using your own ISBN numbers, you had to have two of those as well, one for each Platforms, you had to create two ebook files: one MOBI and one EPUB. This meant that if you wanted to upload your book to Amazon and other ebook-distributing Indeed, the EPUB file is used in virtually every other ebook distributor, including Apple, Barnes 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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