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Old 01-24-2011, 04:58 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Tiersten View Post
Topaz isn't DRM. Its a type of eBook file format where they can include custom fonts instead of the AZW/Mobipocket file format which uses the built in fonts on the reader. The custom font is what you're seeing as they scan in the actual physical book and crop out each letter so they only need 1 copy of each letter per font per book. Generally people don't like Topaz books because they have some QA issues a lot of the time and the typeface is fuzzy or badly scanned.

You can get eBooks which are the 3 main types the Kindle (Mobipocket, AZW and TPZ) can support that have DRM and also are completely free of DRM. Its not linked to the file format at all.
The Kindle does not support Mobipocket with DRM. Only DRM free Mobipocket works.
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