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by lesterbuck 4337 days ago
Not exactly. Turns out you can sell via Amazon, or you can sell directly, but if you use the undocumented Amazon-only tool to construct your .mobi, you can't sell that directly. And Amazon is now blocking the output of many/all other ebook construction software so you can't use Send to Kindle or email. USB is the only option to load a book.

http://devblog.avdi.org/2014/04/02/why-does-amazon-hate-eboo...
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mintplant2 4337 days ago
Just yesterday I used http://epub2mobi.com/ to convert a public domain ePub file to MOBI, then sent that to my Kindle's email address. It was delivered wirelessly to my Kindle. Are you sure this hasn't changed? Or is epub2mobi doing something to circumvent this?
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jamesbritt 4337 days ago
You can use numerous other tools to create the mobi and sell that eleswhere while you also sell the kindle mobi on Amazon.

I've yet to run into a problem sending all sorts of files, ebook or otherwise (aside from epub), to my Kindle.

That article seems to overstate issues with generating files readable on Kindle.

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mcguire 4337 days ago
On the other hand, I've had absolutely no problems pointing a tablet's browser at a .mobi's URL and downloading it directly to ebook reading software.

(Do modern Kindle readers not include browsers? I've never looked on mine.)

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krschultz 4337 days ago
I buy my OReilly books direct and send them to my Kindle all the time. They even work in the Kindle cloud reader on my desktop.
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