eBook formats

What is the CBZ format?

CBZ — Comic Book ZIP Archive

CBZ is a comic book archive: the pages as images packed in a ZIP archive, the most common format for digital comics.

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About the CBZ format

A CBZ file is a ZIP of JPG or PNG page images in reading order. Comic readers, Calibre and some e-readers (Kobo) open it.

Kindle and many reading apps cannot. Converting to PDF or EPUB puts the comic on any device.

Programs that open CBZ

  • CDisplayEx
  • YACReader
  • Calibre
  • Kobo e-readers
  • Perfect Viewer

What CBZ is used for

  • Digital comics
  • Manga
  • Scanned graphic novels

Other eBook formats

All 17 eBook formats · all supported formats