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Amazon has detailed a new e-book format for use on the Kindle Fire, which is set to offer up a more interactive experience for things like comic books, children's novels and cookbooks.</div>
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New enhancements that make up the format include HTML5 support, fixed layouts, nested tables, callouts, sidebars and Scalable Vector Graphics.</div>
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In short, Amazon is hoping that its new e-book format will show off the potential of the Kindle Fire, and hide the fact the tablet's screen is not made from e-ink so is not as easy on the eye for reading like the Kindle e-book reader.</div>
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Amazon is calling the file format KF8 (Kindle Format 8) and has revealed that it will be replacing Mobi 7.</div>
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In all there are over 150 new formatting capabilities and the good news is that a new version of Kindle Publisher Tools is just around the corner, so devs can start utilising the new format shortle.</div>
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Amazon is keen to point out that all versions of Kindle books will be available on the Kindle Fire, but using KF8 will add a little <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">je ne sais quoi</span> to books.</div>
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There is still no Kindle Fire UK release date – but we are hoping the device (or an iteration of it) will be released sometime in 2012.</div>
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New Amazon Kindle format to supercharge e-books

Amazon has detailed a new e-book format for use on the Kindle Fire, which is set to offer up a more interactive experience for things ...