What is the difference between .azw3 and .jbig?
- Extension
- .azw3
- .jbig
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Ebook
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Amazon
- Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
- Description
- An AZW3 file is an eBook created in the Kindle Format 8 (KF8), Amazon's successor to the .AZW format. It supports newer features such as HTML5 and CSS3 support as well as many other formatting capabilities. AZW3 files often include DRM protection and are used as the download format for many Amazon eBooks.
- JBIG is a lossless compression file format that was created for the fax machine; it can be used by other image file formats. The files created by JBIG format are smaller compared to G3 and G4 file formats.
- MIME Type
- application/x-mobipocket-ebook
- image/jbig
- Sample
- sample.azw3
- sample.jbig
- Wikipedia
- .azw3 on Wikipedia
- .jbig on Wikipedia