Kindle Paperwhite: The ebook reader reads these formats
The Kindle Paperwhite is one of the most popular ebook readers, but it does not naturally support all common ebook formats. You can find out which formats the Kindle Paperwhite supports in this practical tip.
The ebook format for Kindle Paperwhite
- Amazon has given its Kindle Paperwhite a special format that is based on the MOBI format. Therefore, you can only read the Amazon AZW format with Amazon's eReaders. Most other eReaders use the EPUB format.
- On the new Kindle Paperwhite eReaders you can use the AZW3 format as well as the AZW format. The AZW3 format supports, among other things, the display of complex graphic representations.
- You can also view documents and images in the usual formats with the ebook reader.
If you would also like to read e-books in EPUB format with your Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon does not provide this, but it is possible. In the next post we will tell you what you have to do to get EPUBs on your Paperwhite.