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ATDrake · 01-16-2011, 09:41 PM

Yes. Look at the Product Details on the book page. If it's got a File Size (with optional Print Length), then it'll be Mobi. If it's only got a Print Length, that means Topaz.

Also, you can download the sample and open it up with either Kindle for PC/Mac to see if it's got the funky fonts, or with a text editor to see if it's got TPZ0 as the first four characters of the file.

Topaz are in fact strippable, but it's a hassle to convert them properly as you lose bold and italics and such and have to re-enter that sort of formatting manually.

Hope this helps.

01-16-2011, 09:41 PM	#2
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Yes. Look at the Product Details on the book page. If it's got a File Size (with optional Print Length), then it'll be Mobi. If it's only got a Print Length, that means Topaz. Also, you can download the sample and open it up with either Kindle for PC/Mac to see if it's got the funky fonts, or with a text editor to see if it's got TPZ0 as the first four characters of the file. Topaz are in fact strippable, but it's a hassle to convert them properly as you lose bold and italics and such and have to re-enter that sort of formatting manually. Hope this helps.