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PRC (eBook)
| File extension | .prc |
| Category | eBook File |
| Description | The file type .prc is an eBook format created by a French eBook company called Mobipocket which created a free software application for multiple devices including PDAs, smartphones and tablet devices. The .prc extension is actually identical to .mobi extension but is used specifically for Palm devices which only support .prc or .pdb extensions. |
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| Technical Details | The eBook format is based on XHTML and also allows for frames and JavaScript. The format supports DRM protection, images and tables. It also allows for interactive actions such as adding notes, corrections, annotations and bookmarking. The format was designed to optimise certain elements such as images for mobiel devices on low bandwidth. |
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| Developed by | Mobipocket |
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AZW3 (eBook)
| File extension | .azw3 |
| Category | eBook File |
| Description | AZW3 - Kindle Format 8 (KF8) is Amazon's newer version of AZW. It supports HTML5 and CSS3 which were not supported through the standard AZW format. It has a number of other formatting options and is used by Amazon for all new Amazon eBooks. It is supported by fourth-generation Kindle devices running firmware version 4.1.0 or later and the Kindle Fire device. |
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| Technical Details | KF8 (also called AZW3) is essentially a compiled ePub that has utlises a Palm database and Amazon's DRM scheme. It targets ePub 3 version support but existing ePub can also be used. The internal format has been decoded using mobi_unpack. The basic format remains as a PDB file similar in structure to a MOBI. More oftent than not a KF8 file will contain both a MOBI file at the beginning and the newer KF8 version of ePub later. |
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| Developed by | Amazon |
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Convert PRC file
Using Zamzar, it is possible to convert PRC files to a variety of other formats
- prc to azw3 (Amazon KF8 eBook File)
- prc to epub (Open eBook File)
- prc to fb2 (FictionBook 2.0 File)
- prc to oeb (Open eBook File)
- prc to lit (Microsoft eBook File)
- prc to lrf (Sony Portable Reader File)
- prc to mobi (Mobipocket eBook)
- prc to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- prc to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- prc to pdb (Palm Media eBook File)
- prc to pml (eBook File)
- prc to rb (RocketEdition eBook File)
- prc to tcr (Psion eBook File)
- prc to txt (Text Document)