MOBI

File Format
Name	MOBI
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Electronic Publishing formats MOBI
Extension(s)	.mobi, .prc

Description

MOBI format was originally an extension of the PalmDOC format by adding certain HTML-like tags to the data. ^{http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI}

File extensions

.mobi is the standard file extension for this format, but .prc is used instead in PalmOS, where only a limited range of extensions are supported.

This format has no connection to the .mobi top-level domain, intended for use on sites targeted at mobile devices.

Identification

ASCII "BOOKMOBI" appears at offset 60.

References and format

• http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI

Metaformat files

• Synalysis grammar file (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; more details)

Online utilities

• PDF to Kindle converter

Sample files

• Homeland by Cory Doctorow

Conversion tools

• Calibre

See also

Mobi is also a domain name: TLD .mobi