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Mobipocket eBook format
File type: E-book file
Files with mobi extension can be typically found as e-books saved in Mobipocket format, now mostly used by Amazon.
File type category:
E-book file
Date updated: December 9, 2024
File extension mobi is used for the Mobipocket books file format, a binary format for the distribution of eBooks. It is one implementation of the Open eBook Publication format with a number of proprietary extensions.
Mobipocket supports most features of standard HTML to format and layout text and images.
There is a reader for personal computers that works with either encrypted or unencrypted Mobipocket books.
A user can thus create documents in the Mobipocket-format (.mobi) and use personal comments, bookmarks and so on on all devices supporting those features.
Additionally, Amazon offers a free program called KindleGen which can convert or create documents in the Mobipocket format.
Unencrypted Mobipocket books can be read on the Amazon Kindle e-Reader device natively as well as in Amazon Kindle apps on Mac OS X, the iPhone, Android devices, Windows, and Windows Phone devices.
By using third-party software programs such as Calibre, unencrypted Mobipocket books can also be read on Windows and Mac computers Linux computers..
You can convert MOBI e-books to another e-book format using specialized e-book converters.
Programs for viewing mobi files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Amazon Kindle
Software apps that create mobi files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert mobi files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that import mobi files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that export mobi files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
On-line services
Software apps that extract mobi files:
Multiplatform
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