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Originally Posted by bfollowell
Thanks for the info.
Since this format isn't currently convertable into anything else, I'd rather not go anywhere near anything that might have the chance of being a topaz file, even to save a few bucks.
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Actually there are ways to convert Topaz books into pretty much anything else, provided you can manage your way with some scripts, and don't mind breaking some laws (depending where you are) to strip the DRM from it.
But the result isn't always pretty, as a matter of fact, it is mostly very ugly. You are right, Topaz is a poor implementation of a rip-off PDF (yeah, it is), and technically is bloated, unwieldy and unfriendly.
Then again, speaking as a graphic designer, which I am, the results can be very pretty. Proper typesetting, captions, inline images, different fonts, everything of that can be achieved through Topaz, but not every book demands it.
I've been defending Topaz up to a point quite frequently lately, and what irks me is that if Amazon hadn't put it together like a last-minute job, it could actually hold up to PDF and be a worthy addition as an e-book format. Great idea, bad, very bad implementation.