26 PCWorld JUNE 2022NEWS
IMAGE: AMAZONYour Amazon Kindle can finally
read ePub books
The Send to Kindle service now automatically converts ePub files to Amazon’s proprietary
format. BY MICHAEL CRIDERA
mazon might be feeling the
competition in the e-reader
market for the first time since...
well, ever. Kindle e-readers use
their own proprietary Amazon format to
display e-books, AZW3, which keeps most
users from loading up a bunch of copyright-
free books in the most common ePub format.But thanks to a new software rollout, the
underutilized Kindle Documents Service
(fave.co/3svh5pJ) now automatically converts
ePub files to Kindle-friendly AZW3.
Combined with the Send to Kindle tool
(fave.co/3NfHpMA), that makes it much,
much easier to shoot an ePub file over the
local Wi-Fi network to your Kindle reader in a