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orwell2k · 01-08-2010, 09:38 AM

I'm curious about why Amazon uses this apparently crappy Topaz format?

I don't have a Kindle, but Topaz ebooks seem to look much crappier on K4PC than the Mobi formatted books.

My limited browsing of the Kindle-related forums seems also to indicate that in general Kindle users also don't like the format - slow reader performance, poor display quality, etc.

And only a small % of Amazon books seem to be in Topaz compared to Kindle Mobi.

But then, I guess our clever software gurus would then have to find another challenge - although at this rate there won't be too many left, thank goodness!

01-08-2010, 09:38 AM	#287
orwell2k Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 1112 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Euroland Device: PocketBook 360°, BeBook (Hanlin V3), iRex DR1000S, iPad	I'm curious about why Amazon uses this apparently crappy Topaz format? I don't have a Kindle, but Topaz ebooks seem to look much crappier on K4PC than the Mobi formatted books. My limited browsing of the Kindle-related forums seems also to indicate that in general Kindle users also don't like the format - slow reader performance, poor display quality, etc. And only a small % of Amazon books seem to be in Topaz compared to Kindle Mobi. But then, I guess our clever software gurus would then have to find another challenge - although at this rate there won't be too many left, thank goodness!