There have been persistent rumors on this, that Amazon is planning to eventually shut out the option to sideload e-books to the Kindle via the USB port. This is seen to be part of a bigger plan on the part of Amazon to prevent hacking of its e-books. As it is, titles available to download from the Amazon website get delivered in an older format which can easily be stripped of … [Read more...] about Amazon pulling the plug on downloading e-books via USB and its impact
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Amazon is now delivering magazines in KFX on iOS
Amazon is now delivering magazines using their enhance typesetting engine called KFX on their iOS e-reading app. Read your favorite magazines in a new mobile-friendly format. Initial titles include Food Network, Cosmopolitan, Life & Style, Us Weekly, and 15 others. Amazon introduced Enhanced Typesetting in August 2015 on the Kindle Voyage and gradually added support for … [Read more...] about Amazon is now delivering magazines in KFX on iOS
Amazon Has Developed a New e-Book Format called KFX
A few months ago Amazon rolled out the Bookerly font to its line of iOS apps and the Kindle Paperwhite 3. This new font was exclusively developed for e-reading in mind. In order to really take advantage of the new format, Amazon had to develop a new e-book format. In the past they used AZW and MOBI for the standard book, but they new one is called KFX. Amazon claims there … [Read more...] about Amazon Has Developed a New e-Book Format called KFX