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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

What sort of ebooks can the Kindle handle?

I am considering an Amazon Kindle. However, I'd like to use it for ebooks freely available in text format, and others in Microsoft's Reader format. John Borgoy

The Kindle can handle books in plain text (.txt) plus the Amazon (.azw) and Mobipocket (.mobi; .prc) formats. It can also handle Microsoft Word documents and web pages, but you have to email these to your kindle.com address. Amazon will convert them and send them wirelessly to your Kindle for a small fee. You can convert Microsoft Reader (.lit) files by using a free converter such as ABC Amber LIT.

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