If you have a Kindle, it will most likely bother you that at least natively, don't support ePUB, the most widespread digital book format. Or if you have thought about buying a Kindle, this fact has thrown you back at some point. It is surprising that a player so famous and supported by the giant that is Amazon does not have support for ePUBN. A few days ago, Amazon announced that all modern Kindle e-readers will support the EPUB format, even though it's not natively supported.
Amazon has recently updated its Send to Kindle documentation and has stated that it will add EPUB support later this year. Send to Kindle will discontinue the ability to upload files in MOBI format, as it is an older file format and does not support the new Kindle features for documents. If you already have MOBI books on your Kindle, they will still be accessible. Amazon is also disabling the ability to send AZW to the Kindle.
You will be able to send your ePUB to your Kindle soon
Send to Kindle is an official app that allows you to send files to compatible devices registered to your Amazon account. Books, PDF files and other supported documents can be sent to the e-reader. It also has a dedicated app for PC and MAC, plus a plugin for Google Chrome. In order to send EPUB books to your Kindle, they have to be DRM free, so the books cannot have any type of encryption.
Although the fine print warns that the Send to Kindle application actually will convert the uploaded EPUB to KF8, the native format of the Kindle player. For practical purposes for users, it will allow them to read their books in ePUB, a format that is spreading among readers due to its lightness. But converting to the native Kindle format can lose that compression. It is not a native reproduction of the ePub format, but this automatic conversion will mean that in a few months they can be sent from the official application to our Kindle without going through unofficial converters.
It is most likely due to the fact that Kindles, for technical reasons such as space dedicated to drievrs or compatibility, include ePbub reading can be a problem. Although other readers can already read them natively, many of them quite old and from the last decade at a much lower price and without having to depend on Amazon services and servers.
Source: good reader
