What is a .AZW file?
AZW is Amazon’s original Kindle e-book format, based on MOBI. Opened by Amazon Kindle.
- Did you know
- AZW arrived with the very first Amazon Kindle in 2007.
- AZW is a proprietary variant of the Mobipocket e-book format, which Amazon gained by buying the French firm Mobipocket in 2005.
- It wrapped that format in a new DRM scheme that tied a purchased book to a particular device.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify e-book files: Kindle (MOBI, AZW, AZW3) and DjVu. FictionBook (FB2) now opens in a full reader (see Text & markup above).
- Depth of analysis
- .AZW is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .AZW file
- Drag a .AZW file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.
- Related formats
- .MOBI · .AZW3 · .DJVU. See all supported file types.