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[PattyMacDotComma]

Marianne wrote: "I received the following in an email from Amazon Kindle and I wonder how it will affect the files we get from NetGalley...
Dear Kindle Customer,

Thank you for using the Send to Kindle service to s..."

At the moment, the mobi format files that NetGalley or we send to Amazon are "converted" to Amazon's current .kfx format and then stored in our Kindle libraries to use in our Kindles.

Only Kindles and Kindle apps can read them. The most popular e-book format is epub, and Amazon is finally acknowledging that people buy books in other places. Amazon doesn't sell all books (particularly professional and technical titles), and they are sold by other sellers as epubs.

We still won't be able to read epubs on our Kindles, but now we can "send-to-kindle" any epubs we have, and Amazon will convert them, the same way they currently convert mobi or pdf files. Good article here. (I haven't had the Amazon email yet, either.)
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-e-r...

[Andrea]

Thanks Patty - good article. What sounded ominous turns out to be good news!

[Marianne]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Marianne wrote: "I received the following in an email from Amazon Kindle and I wonder how it will affect the files we get from NetGalley...
Dear Kindle Customer,

Thank you for using the Send to Ki..."

Thanks, Patty

[PattyMacDotComma]

Andrea wrote: "Thanks Patty - good article. What sounded ominous turns out to be good news!"

I sure hope so, Andrea. It will save me having to use Calibre to convert the epubs I buy elsewhere. 😊

[Helen]

A great article

[marlin1]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Marianne wrote: "I received the following in an email from Amazon Kindle and I wonder how it will affect the files we get from NetGalley...
Dear Kindle Customer,

Thank you for using the Send to Ki..."

If that’s the case, I wonder if those files will have an expiry date like the usual epubs?
Guess we will have to wait and see how it works…..

[PattyMacDotComma]

marlin1 wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Marianne wrote: "I received the following in an email from Amazon Kindle and I wonder how it will affect the files we get from NetGalley...
Dear Kindle Customer,

Thank you...

If that’s the case, I wonder if those files will have an expiry date like the usual epubs?
Guess we will have to wait and see how it works….."

I am sure they will have the same expiry. It's the same format I think most libraries use, and they have expiry dates when you open them in Adobe Digital Editions on a laptop.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

From Netgalley today:_

"We are aware of Amazon's announcement and are actively investigating how it may impact our Send to Kindle feature—but no matter what, we’ll handle the necessary changes on the backend, so members will not need to do anything differently.

Overall this is good news! Since Amazon has added EPUB support for Kindle, and many publishers provide EPUB files for their books on NetGalley, sending that format to Kindle will not cause a disruption. We expect to start sending EPUB files in place of MOBI files in June. And if the publisher has only provided a PDF file, that will continue to be sent to Kindle per usual.

We'll be making an official announcement once we have more information to share."

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yay! Thanks Phrynne :)

[Helen]

That is good news thank you Phrynne

[Marianne]

The expiry has me concerned. I have a NetGalley book I downloaded (as a .mobi) 11/9/2021 which isn't published until June 2022. If I downloaded an .epub 9 months before publication date, would it expire before I got to it?

[PattyMacDotComma]

Marianne wrote: "The expiry has me concerned. I have a NetGalley book I downloaded (as a .mobi) 11/9/2021 which isn't published until June 2022. If I downloaded an .epub 9 months before publication date, would it e..."

It doesn't look like Amazon will be sending epubs to us. They are just going to discontinue converting mobi files to their own format, which is what they currently shelve in our Kindle libraries and forward to our Kindles.

So now we (and NetGalley) can forward epubs as well as PDFs, Word docs, etc, for them to convert.

I don't think there's any reason anything would expire differently from the way it does now. Only the NetGalley downloads get archived, as far as I know. We wait and see!

https://gadgets360.com/tablets/news/a....

[Marianne]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Marianne wrote: "The expiry has me concerned. I have a NetGalley book I downloaded (as a .mobi) 11/9/2021 which isn't published until June 2022. If I downloaded an .epub 9 months before publication..."

Wait and see, that's about all we can do. Thanks, Patty

[Marianne]

For Kathy Reichs fans, #21 in the Tempe Brennan series, Cold, Cold Bones is READ NOW.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Aussie author Nicole Trope has a new thriller on NG - His Other Wife

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Thanks Brenda.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

👍

[Helen]

Available for request from Harlequin

Keepers of the Lighthouse Kaye Dobbie

While You Were in the Country Eva Scott

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Helen :)

[Marianne]

The Lying Dutchman, #6 in the Master Mercurius Mysteries by Graham Brack is up for request. Publish date is 20th May.

[Sarah]

Brenda wrote: "Aussie author Nicole Trope has a new thriller on NG - His Other Wife"

Thanks Brenda - I've grabbed a copy of that one!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Marianne wrote: "The Lying Dutchman, #6 in the Master Mercurius Mysteries by Graham Brack is up for request. Publish date is 20th May."

Thanks Marianne. They have left it very late but I am always happy to squeeze in a Master Mercurius book

[Marianne]

Phrynne wrote: "Marianne wrote: "The Lying Dutchman, #6 in the Master Mercurius Mysteries by Graham Brack is up for request. Publish date is 20th May."

Thanks Marianne. They have left it very late but I am always happy to squeeze in a Master Mercurius book ..."

Yes, at least it's not a 700 page tome

[Carolyn]

Marianne wrote: "The Lying Dutchman, #6 in the Master Mercurius Mysteries by Graham Brack is up for request. Publish date is 20th May."

Excellent - I think I can squeeze that in too (if they let me have it)!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "The Lying Dutchman, #6 in the Master Mercurius Mysteries by Graham Brack is up for request. Publish date is 20th May."

I'm about to start #2 so I won't get #6 which is due in a week! Thanks anyway :)

[PattyMacDotComma]

Marianne wrote: "The Lying Dutchman, #6 in the Master Mercurius Mysteries by Graham Brack is up for request. Publish date is 20th May."

And about time, too! Thanks, Marianne!

[Helen]

I haven't read this author before but I like the blurb so I will give it a go and it is up for request from Harlequin

The Proxy Bride Zoe Boccabella

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Helen :)

[Helen]

Brenda wrote: "Thanks Helen :)"

She is an Australian Author

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes I just discovered that, thanks Helen - a new to me author as well :)

[Helen]

Brenda wrote: "Yes I just discovered that, thanks Helen - a new to me author as well :)"

Always good finding new authors :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sure is!

[Carolyn]

The UK edition of Wake, debut novel by AA Shelley Burr is currently available for request on Netgalley (pub 9 June)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "The UK edition of Wake, debut novel by AA Shelley Burr is currently available for request on Netgalley (pub 9 June)"

And although I can't put the link here, it's the UK NetGalley where you'll find it :)

[Bec]

Helen wrote: "I haven't read this author before but I like the blurb so I will give it a go and it is up for request from Harlequin

The Proxy Bride Zoe Boccabella [bookcover:The..."
Can't wait to read this one - I've read her other books (we have a similar family immigrant background and my grandparents were married by Proxy)

[Helen]

Bec wrote: "Helen wrote: "I haven't read this author before but I like the blurb so I will give it a go and it is up for request from Harlequin

The Proxy Bride Zoe Boccabella ..."

I am looking forward to it as well

[Em__Jay]

Sergeant Mick Goodenough is back in Greg Woodland's book The Carnival is Over. It's currently a 'read now' on Netgalley.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Night Whistler, so I am excited to read this one.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Woohoo thanks Em!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Yes thanks Em!

[Helen]

Sounds really good thanks I haven't read his first book but I am looking forward to this one :)

[Kylie H]

Em__Jay wrote: "Sergeant Mick Goodenough is back in Greg Woodland's book The Carnival is Over. It's currently a 'read now' on Netgalley.

I thoroughly enjoyed [book:The Night Whis..."

Thanks Em, I am looking forward to this one :)

[Carolyn]

Em__Jay wrote: "Sergeant Mick Goodenough is back in Greg Woodland's book The Carnival is Over. It's currently a 'read now' on Netgalley.

I thoroughly enjoyed [book:The Night Whis..."

Thanks Em - I've downloaded a copy too :)

[Marianne]

For those who enjoyed Small Things Like These, an earlier Claire Keegan book (89p, novella? short story?) is available for request: Foster

[PattyMacDotComma]

Marianne wrote: "For those who enjoyed Small Things Like These, an earlier Claire Keegan book (89p, novella? short story?) is available for request: Foster"

Thanks for that, Marianne!

[Marianne]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Marianne wrote: "For those who enjoyed Small Things Like These, an earlier Claire Keegan book (89p, novella? short story?) is available for request: [book:Foster|612..."

Ah, good, I was just about to send you a link, Patty :)

[Sharon]

Flight to Coorah Creek by Janet Gover is up for request.

[Helen]

Sharon wrote: "Flight to Coorah Creek by Janet Gover is up for request."

Thanks Sharon

[Helen]

Up for request The Lost Sister of Fifth Avenue Ella Carey

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sharon wrote: "Flight to Coorah Creek by Janet Gover is up for request."

Thanks Sharon :)

[Sharon]

You’re welcome 😊