Amazon is releasing a new file format for Kindle e-books. Called Kindle Format 8, or KF8, the new format is based on HTML5 open standards, and is intended to help create the next phase of electronic ...

Amazon.com has released new details on the next generation of its Kindle e-book format — dubbed Kindle Format 8 — saying it adds more support for HTML5, the latest version of the underlying language ...

Amazon has updated their Kindle App for iOS and Android to support audio and video in books via its Kindle Format 8. The HTML5-based format was previously only in use on the Kindle Fire. Amazon has ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon is talking up the new features that it is adding to the Kindle Format 8 (KF8) upgrade for ebooks. The key feature is the support of ...

Amazon has announced today the successor of their popular MOBI format which has been a staple of the Kindle for many years. The new format is called Kindle Format 8 or KF8 and brings to the table next ...

Pining for an e-cookbook with color photos? A new format dramatically expands what types of books Amazon's e-reader can display and adds Web publishing support. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

It only took about 15 years, but Amazon’s Kindle will finally support the ePub format. First spotted by Good E-Reader, Amazon updated its Kindle section with the news that the Send to Kindle function ...

Ebooks are available in many different formats, including the widely supported ePub standard. You can read ePub ebooks on Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Reader, and Kobo eReader models; ...

The Kindle Fire and second-generation Kindle Reader include native support for PDF files, but to view these files on a first-generation Kindle Reader, you must convert them to MOBI or AZW format.

Amazon's Kindle was first released in November 2007. This is the most popular strictly e-reader device on the market with 48 percent of 2010 sales, according to a March 2011 report from International ...

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