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Old Today, 07:36 AM   #1
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I have Calibre 6.29. Unfortunately, that's the latest update my laptop can have since it's quite outdated. I tried downloading a few books in and it is not working. I have a Kindle Paperwhite that I had since 2017 and a part of me is worried that it is getting too old for its own good and that its age may be showing. What do I do here?

If this isn't the right place to put it here please tell me and help me move it.
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What format are the books? Kindles can't read epub, you need to convert to azw3.
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I have Calibre 6.29. Unfortunately, that's the latest update my laptop can have since it's quite outdated. I tried downloading a few books in and it is not working. I have a Kindle Paperwhite that I had since 2017 and a part of me is worried that it is getting too old for its own good and that its age may be showing. What do I do here?

If this isn't the right place to put it here please tell me and help me move it.
How are you putting the eBooks on your Kindle and what format are they?
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Can you use the Send to Kindle website for your epub?
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What format are the books? Kindles can't read epub, you need to convert to azw3.
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Can you use the Send to Kindle website for your epub?
So uhhhh very awkward story. Around an hour after I posted this, the books actually showed. Apparently I tried getting them to show up for an hour and I was so worried, and turns out I just had to wait lol.

FYI to answer your questions I use mobi, and I use Calibre's send to device function. But still, all of this has convinced me that the Kindle may become too old for this stuff or Amazon is cooking something to make it harder to enjoy free ebooks.
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FYI to answer your questions I use mobi, and I use Calibre's send to device function. But still, all of this has convinced me that the Kindle may become too old for this stuff or Amazon is cooking something to make it harder to enjoy free ebooks.
Don't use mobi, it's an old and outdated format, and can be buggy. Use AZW3.
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Don't use mobi, it's an old and outdated format, and can be buggy. Use AZW3.
Really? What happened? I relied on it for so long, what changed that I missed?
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Really? What happened? I relied on it for so long, what changed that I missed?
Nothing has changed, the mobi format has been outdated for a while. AZW3 is newer, has better formatting, you can use custom fonts and the weight slider with it. Mobi is so old it doesn't support some features EPUB and AZW3 do, and I'm pretty sure it has more bugs, because it's ancient.
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Nothing has changed, the mobi format has been outdated for a while. AZW3 is newer, has better formatting, you can use custom fonts and the weight slider with it. Mobi is so old it doesn't support some features EPUB and AZW3 do, and I'm pretty sure it has more bugs, because it's ancient.
Ok.

I do wish there's a way to mass convert all my ebooks from mobi to that format with ease now that you said it, but alas.
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Ok.

I do wish there's a way to mass convert all my ebooks from mobi to that format with ease now that you said it, but alas.
Of course there is. You can convert your mobis to azw3 in bulk with Calibre.
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Of course there is. You can convert your mobis to azw3 in bulk with Calibre.
I know, I mean that I have to take all of them out of the Kindle first then put it back in. That's what frustrates me, wish there was a way to convert them all in the Kindle.
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I know, I mean that I have to take all of them out of the Kindle first then put it back in. That's what frustrates me, wish there was a way to convert them all in the Kindle.
No, there isn't, you're right. There is not much benefit in converting mobis anyway, as more modern formatting and features have already been lost and can't be restored. The only advantage would be the use of the weight slider.

But in the future don't convert to mobi (or download mobi when other formats are also offered). It's better to download epub and convert to azw3 rather than use mobi.
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No, there isn't, you're right. There is not much benefit in converting mobis anyway, as more modern formatting and features have already been lost and can't be restored. The only advantage would be the use of the weight slider.

But in the future don't convert to mobi (or download mobi when other formats are also offered). It's better to download epub and convert to azw3 rather than use mobi.
Had no idea about this. Thank you very much, you may have saved me future trouble.
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