AZW

File Format
Name	AZW
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Electronic Publishing formats AZW
Extension(s)	.azw, .azw3
MIME Type(s)	application/vnd.amazon.mobi8-ebook
Wikidata ID	Q5715270

Description

AZW, probably standing for Amazon Word, is an eBook format used exclusively on the Amazon Kindle and compatible Kindle software on PC's or iPhones. It is basically the MOBI format using the high compression option. The AZW extension is used on both eBook files that are protected with DRM and files that are not protected. ^{http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/AZW}. The .azw3 extension is (presumably) for version 3 of this format. It has been superseded by the EPUB format for Amazon Kindle use.

Online utilities

• PDF to Kindle converter

References and format

• MobileRead article
• Wikipedia: Kindle File Format
• Amazon requires publishers to use Kindle DRM

Software

• Calibre

Sample files

• Homeland by Cory Doctorow
• dexvert samples — document/amazonKindleBook