.PRC files are almost identical to the .AZW files that Amazon uses for Kindle books. This makes the Kindle capable of displaying .PRC files without having to convert them to another format. However, ...

Kindle devices appeal to many people. When everything works, they're great. But Amazon is becoming more and more finicky, both in terms of supported formats and the freedom to manage your own books.

The open-source EPUB e-book format is great for sharing books between different readers and making life easier on readers generally--but Amazon's Kindle, the big player, doesn't support it.

Amazon started offering support for DRM-free EPUB files that are e-mailed to Kindle e-readers since April last year. That was a surprise move that perhaps none had expected coming from Amazon given ...

Your Kindle device can be a more productive way to work on your documents for reading and annotation. Even documents encrypted with DRM technology can be read on the ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. We were so close! And it’s wild because we’ve been this close, and also this far, since the Kindle ...

An important update to the official Kindle app for iOS (free and universal for iPhone and iPad) was released earlier today. Version 2.5 of the app adds much requested features that should satisfy all ...

Reader Larry Weinstein has a question that’s thiisss close to inappropriate. He writes: I know you write the Mac 911 column, but I have a question about my new Kindle Fire (which I use with my Mac). I ...

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