PC World - USA (2021-06)

(Maropa) #1
26 PCWorld JUNE 2022

NEWS


IMAGE: AMAZON

Your Amazon Kindle can finally


read ePub books
The Send to Kindle service now automatically converts ePub files to Amazon’s proprietary
format. BY MICHAEL CRIDER

A


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
Free download pdf