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Old Today, 03:06 AM   #1
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What's Better? AZW3 or KFX
So I have seen people debate these two formats. Lately I've been advised to switch to AZW3 and been doing so. But I also heard of KFX and now I am stumped about what to do. I am not sure whether to switch. I have already been partway through the process of converting around 3,000 MOBI ebooks into AZW3 and I really don't want to go through this again. And yet KFX is supposed to be better apparently? I am confused.

So what's better? Pros and cons of each?
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The pros of KFX are mostly enhanced typesetting and hyphenation, also the option to set justification on the device. The cons - doesn't work with the FONT-RAMP hack and has a fixed minimum line height.

Personally I used AZW3 when I had Kindles, because the FONT-RAMP hack was essential to me, but it's very much a matter of personal preference.
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AZW3 (KF8) is probably a better source format for further conversion. IMO KFX is more a version just for putting on reading devices.
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So I have seen people debate these two formats. Lately I've been advised to switch to AZW3 and been doing so. But I also heard of KFX and now I am stumped about what to do. I am not sure whether to switch. I have already been partway through the process of converting around 3,000 MOBI ebooks into AZW3 and I really don't want to go through this again. And yet KFX is supposed to be better apparently? I am confused.

So what's better? Pros and cons of each?
With KF8 (It's not AZW3), you can use the Hyphenate This! plugin to add in soft hyphens. Also you can use a font such as ChareInk6SP to reduce the line height. Also, you can edit KF8 eBooks in the calibre editor. You can also use negative L/R margins in HTML to reduce the wasted margin space.
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just keep em as epubs and when you upload them through amazon.com/sendtokindle theyll automatically get converted to kfx for most newer kindles that support it
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