From dc1d3dc2ef3a448adaacdd325523d8eed1405252 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:49:19 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add a FAQ entry about amazon's latest anti-customer move --- manual/faq.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/manual/faq.rst b/manual/faq.rst index d49be492f6..a66aca07b1 100644 --- a/manual/faq.rst +++ b/manual/faq.rst @@ -731,6 +731,36 @@ Miscellaneous :local: +Amazon is stopping email delivery of MOBI files? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Amazon `have announced +`__ +that they will stop accepting MOBI files emailed to ``@kindle.com`` email +addresses. You can instruct calibre to send EPUB instead of MOBI by going to +:guilabel:`Preferences->Sharing books by email` and then removing MOBI from the +list of formats to send your ``@kindle.com`` email address and adding EPUB +instead. + +Note however, that Amazon's EPUB intake is very flawed, they will reject a +number of EPUB files that work everywhere else. In such cases you can try the +following trick: + +1. Convert the EPUB file to MOBI +1. Then convert the MOBI file back to EPUB and send the resulting EPUB + +This will remove all advanced formatting, embedded fonts, etc., but greatly +increase the chances of Amazon accepting the EPUB. + +.. note:: If you were previously using email delivery of periodicals downloaded + by calibre, you will be better off sending those by USB cable or downloading + them from the calibre Content server via the Kindle's built-in browser. + However, if you want to continue email delivery you can try changing the + output format in Preferences->Behavior to EPUB, then calibre will download + the news in EPUB format. Whether Amazon will accept the EPUB or not is a + whole other question. + + I want calibre to download news from my favorite news website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are reasonably proficient with computers, you can teach calibre to download news from any website of your choosing. To learn how to do this see :ref:`news`.