First thanks to all. A couple of very interesting books ended up on my TBR list.
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Originally Posted by alansplace
i bought the kindle version from amazon back in the summer of 2009 and [re]read it immediately. i didn't notice any problems other than it was a topaz file  |
As a topaz file read on the Kindle or any Kindle App you will see roughly an exact duplicate of the book they scanned it from.
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Originally Posted by alansplace
yikes, that's awful, perhaps you could buy the kindle one and using calibre and apprentice alf, get it converted to your format of choice |
Converting as you suggest will convert the underlying (unproofed) OCR of the Topaz file (used for search and dictionary lookup) which is not perfectly related to the book you read on the Kindle. The OCR may be very good but it has not been proofread for errors. So the conversion may be as error filled as the Tor version referenced earlier by WillAdams.
Of course any new android based ereader that can be rooted most likely could use the Kindle App to read the perfect Topaz version.