Thread: What is the point to the Topaz format
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Old 06-23-2011, 07:50 PM   #1
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What is the point to the Topaz format
So, I got my first Topaz book, the 2002 edition of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. Since we're a two reader household (nook and kindle), I typically decrypt and convert.

Well, with the topaz book, that took some major effort. Took the decrypted HTML and loaded it into Sigil. Created chapter breaks and saved the whole thing as an ePub.

So, why are some books topaz and some books mobi? Is topaz supposed to replace mobi at some point as Amazon's new eBook standard?

Converting from ePub to mobi has shown me some of the limitations of the mobi format, mostly around tables. I would think Amazon needs to do something to make sure that eBooks on other readers don't look nicer than they do on the kindle.
Last edited by apastuszak; 06-23-2011 at 11:24 PM. Reason: change B&N to Amazon
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