Format
Amazon Kindle eBook File
Summary
- Name
- Amazon Kindle eBook File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1937
- Format type
- Page Description
- Description
- Azw was a proprietary e-book file format, created by Amazon, which could be used on any device which had its kindle app, eg smartphones, tablets, computers and of course the Kindle. It is basically the mobi format (fmt/396), but can be distinguished from this by the presence of bytes 'kindle:'. It has been superseded by the EPUB format for Amazon Kindle use.
- File extensions
-
azw,azw3,mobi,amr - Source
- National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
- Developed by
- Amazon / Amazon
- Supported by
- Amazon / Amazon
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
Amazon Kindle ebook File
- Note
- BOF, Offset 60: BOOKMOBI|TEXTREAD{450-15000}kindle:
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 60
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
(424F4F4B4D4F4249|5445587452454164){450-15000}6B696E646C653A- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
Amazon Kindle ebook File: Signature researched and samples provided by National Library of New Zealand.
Amazon Kindle ebook File: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library of New Zealand.