Amazon started offering support for DRM-free EPUB files that are e-mailed to Kindle e-readers since April last year. That was a surprise move that perhaps none had expected coming from Amazon given ...

After I detailed the ins and outs of the new generation of Kindles on Thursday, I got a letter from Macworld reader Gerald A. Wingrove, who is intrigued by the Kindle but unclear how it works with his ...

Amazon’s Kindle is the world’s most popular e-book reader, light, versatile and high-quality, the device has been refined and has helped many people to migrate from reading physical books to reading ...

In a potential blow to all the apps and websites that have popped up alongside the Amazon Kindle to streamline the process of converting EPUB ebook files to the e-reader’s propriety file format, ...

Amazon has announced an update to the Kindle file format integrating many HTML5 tags and CSS attributes. Many expected a concession by Amazon in the form of an EPUB-compatible upgrade, and this comes ...

The Amazon Kindle supports three main document types: Kindle (.AZW, .AZW1), Text (.TXT) and Unprotected Mobipocket (.MOBI, .PRC). Second-generation Kindles also have a built-in PDF reader and support ...

Sending documents from a PC to a Kindle e-reader just got a little bit easier. That’s because Amazon on Thursday released a new application called "Send to Kindle" that enables Kindle owners to easily ...

The Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook eReaders use competing proprietary file formats to encode eBooks designed for the readers. The Nook uses the relatively common ePub format, while the Kindle ...

Why it matters: For years, Kindle users have been unable to buy books published in the ePub format and read them on their e-Reader --- at least not without manually converting them to an ...

Rik is Pocket-lint's senior news editor and has been a tech and games journalist since the 80s. He has seen and covered just about every console, mobile phone, gadget and home cinema device launched ...

There is no dearth of e-book formats and e-readers out there though not all e-readers support all e-book formats. Take for instance the Kindle which supports the majority of e-Book formats but not all ...