Update 10/27/20: Vellum 2.Update #1 (16 October 2022): Currently EPUB titles are still incorrectly handled by Amazon (taken from the filename rather than the EPUB metadata), but they have made a change to correctly extract the author name from EPUBs. Update 10/22/20: More about coming changes to Kindle generation Have a question not answered here? Contact us. As long as Amazon keeps the necessary conversion tools available, we will continue to provide MOBI as an option. But given Amazon’s new recommendations, we are considering solutions such as generating both Kindle EPUB and MOBI files. (If you make use of BookFunnel, they can take care of this conversion for you.) Unfortunately, you will still need a MOBI file to sideload onto your Kindle or to send to a reader with a Kindle. Can I load an EPUB file onto my Kindle?Ī. Amazon converts your ebook to this format after you upload to KDP.
Files delivered to customers use Amazon’s format for Enhanced Typesetting. Is Amazon now sending EPUB files to customers?Ī. Though they recommend providing an EPUB, Amazon still lists MOBI as a supported format. No! 😱 Don’t do that! Any Store Links will likely be wrong, and you may see issues in Amazon services like Look Inside and Kindle Cloud Reader.Ī. Can I just send Vellum’s Generic EPUB to Amazon?Ī. Generating an EPUB file is also much faster than relying on Amazon’s conversion tools. Vellum will produce an EPUB file that is designed for Kindle, and won’t result in any warnings from Kindle Previewer. Yes! 🎉 You can change the format used for Kindle in Preferences. Can Vellum produce an EPUB file for Amazon?Ī. We imagine there may be some questions about this change. MOBI files are still supported, but if you open one in Kindle Previewer, you will see the following warning:
Amazon now recommends providing an EPUB file for publishing instead of a file in their MOBI format. If you’ve recently uploaded an ebook to KDP, you may have noticed a change.
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