Kindle Comics Creator and Kindle Kids' Book Creator will be unavailable from March 18, 2025 - KDP Forum

Well, I didn't see this coming.

Panzer found an important post at the KDP Forum site.

 

According to the post, changes are coming to KDP March 18. There are links in the post to help with the changes. You also need to be aware Mobi files will no longer be accepted then either.

 

Panzer says, "If you do comics or kid's books or do Mobi files, you need to read the KDP post."

 

Note:This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea to drink while you read the post.

 

To read the post tootle over to Kids' Book Creator

Amazon Kindles now support EPUB Books (sort of), but MOBI and AZW support is ending in 2022 - liliputing

Panzer made a quick stop at the liliputing site today. With just a little digging in the posts our busy kitty boy found one about Amazon and EPUB formatted ebooks.

 

According to Brad Linder's post, Amazon now allows Kindle and Kindle app users to load EPUB ebooks to their devices. The post includes a list of all the formats Amazon currently supports for ebooks and documents to load on Kindle devices. Also included in the post are instructions about how to load the EPUB ebooks and the other formatted ebooks and documents on to the Kindle and Kindle apps.

 

Not good. Mom has a lot of mobi ebooks.

Panzer says, "Amazon is doing away with support for the MOBI and AZW formats this year. That means those formats can't be loaded on Kindle devices or the Kindle app after the support ends."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a chocolate chip cookie (biscuit) for today's reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to Amazon Kindle

Amazon Will Stop Accepting Mobi Files in June - The Digital Reader

 Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took him to The Digital Reader site. With a little digging in the posts he found one about Amazon's new ebook file rule.

We only upload doc files anyway.

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder's post, Amazon sent an email to authors about changes to ebook file upload requirements. As of June 28 Amazon will no longer accept Mobi files. The company will only accept EPUB, KPF or DOC/DOCX files. The post includes part of the email Amazon sent to authors explaining the change and it also has a link to the Amazon site with file formats information.

 

Panzer says, "Umm ... We didn't get an email from Amazon."

 

Note: This is a short post. Bring half a cup of cocoa for today's reading selection. If you want to go down the rabbit hole and follow the link to Amazon, bring a thermos of tea and two muffins for your reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to Amazon

Reedsy Has Launched an Epub to Mobi Converter - The Digital Reader

Today, as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere the Panzermobile was suddenly shaken by clapping and cheering. Following all the jocularity took our brave kitty boy to The Digital Reader site. There he found a post about Reedsy's new Epub to Mobi converter.

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, Reedsy has a new Epub to Mobi converter available. The post states the converter is easy to use and works well. There's a link included in the post to the converter.

The more I save the more catnip I can afford.

Panzer says, "Hmm ...This makes a conversion easier and less expensive."

Note: This is a short post. Bring half a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Reedsy's epub to mobi converter

PublishDrive Launches an eBook Production Tool - The Digital Reader

Convert a file? Easy peasy.

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to The Digital Reader site. With a little digging in the posts our inquisitive kitty found a post about PublishDrive.

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, PublishDrive has announced a new converter for use converting docx files to epub and mobi files. You don't need to be a registered PublishDrive user to use the converter. The original press release is included in the post as well as a link to the converter page.

Panzer says, "This little kitty will be using this converter."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to PublishDrive

Dropbox Quietly Launches an Epub Viewer - The Digital Reader

Panzer made a quick trip into the Catosphere today. Our speedy kitty stopped in at The Digital Reader site. With a little digging he found a post about Dropbox.

Hmm ... Why is it a secret?

According to The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder, Dropbox has an unannounced new feature. With no fanfare by Dropbox an epub viewer has been added. Since the feature lacks formatting capabilities, it's not an epub reader but an epub viewer. Dropbox allows users to store their document and graphics zip files and mobi, epub and pdf book files. The post includes instructions for the epub viewer use. Read the Comments section too.

Panzer says, "Mom has a Dropbox account and nobody told her about the epub viewer."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Dropbox