Gregory's ServerApparently Amazon is removing support for its .mobi format and using epub instead and I can't dance on that grave hard enough.
Craig Maloney ☕
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Helen
@craigmaloney hmm, does this mean a slightly old kindle that doesn't do epubs will start to become a bit useless?
ana :_witchhat:
@craigmaloney @internethelen I do. Not connected to. But already I only read pdf and txt files on it 
Daniel Bohrer
@ana @craigmaloney @internethelen That is great news! Do you know if their EPUB will be with DRM then? 
maloki 🍍:ghostbat:
@craigmaloney @internethelen I'm still getting updates on my kindle (I've had it for 7 years) , so I guess it depends on that. I don't think it's a hardware issue, but a software issue. But Yey!
Helen
@maloki @craigmaloney this 2019 one gets updates but it doesn't support epub, so just worried that without an update it'll be obsolete in eight days
Craig Maloney ☕
@internethelen @maloki Apparently I still have the K3 and I'm not seeing any updates for it. So I'm thinking it's going to be for tiny PDFs from here on out. Or ewaste. 
Bubu :progress_pride:
@internethelen @craigmaloney I think calibre can transparently (i.e. when sending to the device) convert epub to mobi. I suppose that nothing will change in that workflow.
Helen
@Bubu @craigmaloney sure but I don't use calibre and as I understand it, I can no longer buy a book from their store and read it on the device they made for that purpose, that's what I'm miffed about
Bubu :progress_pride:
@internethelen @craigmaloney I don't actually know how the amazon kindle store works. Probably due to drm it doesn't just allow you to download an epub and have calibre push it to your kindle? Well, all drm free ebooks will just continue to work. There's a bunch of stores out there that sell those. Calibre even has a link list sortable by country and a builtin search across stores/public sources. 
Dawn Tåke 🏳️⚧️
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This is from Pearson / InformIT in an email I just received. Pertinent sections follow. Any errors are theirs.
"You are receiving this message because you have purchased one or more multi-format eBook titles from one of the five InformIT Network websites, and those files have been made available to download from your account page in three formats: EPUB, PDF, and MOBI. The MOBI format will no longer be available for download as of August 18, 2022.
"Amazon has announced the retirement of its proprietary MOBI file format for eBooks, and a transition to the EPUB format for use on Kindle devices and apps. As of August 2022, you will no longer be able to send the MOBI file format to Kindles or the Kindle app using the Send to Kindle service. The MOBI file format no longer supports the newest document features, while the EPUB format is updated and accepted by Kindle devices.
"Any MOBI files you have already sent to your Kindle will not be affected by this change. However, the downloadable multi-format eBook files available on your InformIT Network account will no longer include the MOBI format; those links will be removed on August 18, 2022. The EPUB and PDF links will remain. Purchases of future multi-format eBook files on any InformIT Network site after August 18 will include the EPUB and PDF formats, but will no longer include MOBI."
This is from Pearson / InformIT in an email I just received. Pertinent sections follow. Any errors are theirs.
"You are receiving this message because you have purchased one or more multi-format eBook titles from one of the five InformIT Network websites, and those files have been made available to download from your account page in three formats: EPUB, PDF, and MOBI. The MOBI format will no longer be available for download as of August 18, 2022.
"Amazon has announced the retirement of its proprietary...