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AZW3

Kindle Format 8

AZW3 (KF8) is the Kindle format that replaced MOBI, based on EPUB 3 internals with Amazon wrapping. DRM-free AZW3 converts cleanly; DRM-protected files cannot legally or technically be converted.

Extensions: .azw3 .azw
MIME type: application/vnd.amazon.ebook

01 Convert AZW3 to something else

AZW3 to EPUB Amazon’s newer format, in the one everything else takes.
AZW3 to PDF Fixed pages out of a reflowable book, when that is what you need.

03 Related formats

EPUB
MOBI
CBZ
CBR

Opening a .azw3 file

If you landed here because something handed you a .azw3 file and nothing on your machine will open it, converting it to a format you already have a reader for is usually faster than installing new software. Every conversion above runs in this browser — the file is not uploaded, so it works on a locked-down work machine and on a file you are not allowed to send anywhere.