As the years have gone by, e-books have been gaining popularity throughout the world, and although many people still prefer paper, we must recognize that the advantages offered by the electronic format are many.
In addition, at the same time we must bear in mind that although as a rule we almost always use the same format, there is a good amount of them, and also each of them has some qualities and differences with respect to the rest, so to speak of the compatibility of some only with certain reading devices.
It is for all of this that sometimes we will have to resort to some program of conversion of this type of files, a sector that is commanded by Caliber, software of which we have already spoken to you on several occasions.
With everything and with it, in addition to specific programs for these tasks of conversion of formats of ebooks, we also have at our disposal some web tools that work in the Cloud, so they do not require any installation at the local level.
So, in the case that you are a habitual user of this type of electronic books, it is very likely that both for its management, as for its conversion, you use the aforementioned Caliber, since it puts in our hands a good amount of functions for This, in addition to being compatible with almost all formats. So we can work with EPUB, AZW, MOBI, LRF, ODT, PDF, CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, FB2, HTML, LIT, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR or TXT, among others.
But that is not the only alternative in the form of application that we can use, since it is also worth talking about Any Ebook Converter, another free software with support for EPUB, MOBI, AZW, PDF and TXT files, which besides converting, we it will allow us to edit the metadata of the books we upload, while automatically deleting the DRM from any electronic book.
At the same time we can also use another powerful converter called Auto Kindle eBook Converter, software available in Windows and that is able to convert PDF, LIT and HTML files to MOBI format, which is precisely compatible with Amazon Kindle devices, maybe the most known and used ebook reader in the world.
There are other alternatives of this type, but many of them for payment, although we consider that with these three that we have mentioned free, you will see most of your needs covered when trying and convert your ebooks on Windows computers.
The opposite happens if we refer to online platforms that we can access to convert our ebooks, since most are free to use. One of the best options we can find in this regard is ToePub, a platform that, as its name suggests, focuses on the conversion of the most popular and widespread format, ePub, although it is not the only type that supports it.
It also presents a simple user interface for which we have to upload the files to convert, and select the output format, being able to work with up to 20 files simultaneously.
It is also worth mentioning another online service focused on the conversion of electronic books that offers a wide variety of possibilities in terms of supported formats and with which we can work from here.
This is Online Convert, a powerful proposal of this type in which we have only to select the output format among those exposed on the left side of the interface, and drag the files to the web application window, thus simple.
And to finish with this section of online services to convert books, we will talk about Zamzar, a proposal that as indicated by its own interface, in four simple steps we can convert the ebooks that we have to almost any other format, since it is compatible with most existing extensions of this type.
Which electronic book format should I choose? Yes, with the large number of electronic book formats that we can use, perhaps we can get to ask which is the most interesting and appropriate to use in each case. Although there are many, the most common in the world are EPUB, MOBI, AZW, and PDF, which are actually the most likely to find in these areas of use.
Starting with the most widespread, EPUB, we will say that it is a free use standard that many e-book providers use to add DRM to their creations, although this is relatively easy to eliminate.
On the other hand we will say that MOBI is a type of file that comes from the old OEB format and that Amazon acquired in 2005 to continue with its development and improvement, although unlike the EPUB books, MOBI can not support sound or video. At the same time AZW, along with AZW3, is another format owned by Amazon that is based on the aforementioned MOBI.
Therefore, any electronic book that we buy in the official store of Amazon, we will get to AZW, so that the Kindle of the firm can read it, but readers of other manufacturers, generally not. And what to say that the books in PDF format, a type widely spread and that can read most devices and platforms, but that often presents design problems for this type of treatment.
Of course, we can also find ebook files in CBR or CBZ, which are usually used in comics, manga and graphic novels, or RTF, which is actually an improved TXT.
Date update on 2019-01-04. Date published on 2019-01-04. Category: web Author: Oscar olg Fuente: somoslibres