Reasons I got the Kindle and got rid of my Sony Reader - Page 2

wallcraft · 04-09-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by =X=

Are these the mobi scripts?

See Mobipocket Decoder Tool. You may also need kindlepid.py (Amazon Kindle Hack: Read DRM-protected Mobipocket content!) to find your PID. Note that this works on AZW files, but not all Kindle ebooks are in this format.

Alisa · 04-09-2008, 07:34 PM

Yep. It doesn't work on .tpz books. So far out of the dozen or so books I've bought, only one is .tpz. I don't know if that's typical or if they're going to start doing more .tpz now, though.

bwit · 04-10-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Alisa

Yep. It doesn't work on .tpz books. So far out of the dozen or so books I've bought, only one is .tpz. I don't know if that's typical or if they're going to start doing more .tpz now, though.

Do you know what format .tpz is? Which book did you buy that was .tpz? I'm just curious.

Thanks,
Bob

Nate the great · 04-10-2008, 07:02 PM

TPZ is also known as Topaz. It's the new DRM format. Most of the Kindle exclusive ebooks are in this format.

DaleDe · 04-10-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

TPZ is also known as Topaz. It's the new DRM format. Most of the Kindle exclusive ebooks are in this format.

I suspect it is a lot more than just a DRM format. The data is compressed differently and can also embed fonts. It is a new eBook format developed by Kindle that happens to support DRM. It seems to be derived from the MOBI format and has some features in common like a side file with metadata in it.

Dale

Alisa · 04-10-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bwit

Do you know what format .tpz is? Which book did you buy that was .tpz? I'm just curious.

Thanks,
Bob

The book I got was Good Grief by Granger Westberg.

tlrowley · 04-29-2008, 03:42 PM

The problem I have with the Topaz format is that it makes page re-draws very slow. I hope this can be solved with firmware, but if it can't, and Amazon makes Topaz the default, I'm going to be a lot less happy with my Kindle.

Tracey

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04-09-2008, 07:34 PM	#17
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	Yep. It doesn't work on .tpz books. So far out of the dozen or so books I've bought, only one is .tpz. I don't know if that's typical or if they're going to start doing more .tpz now, though.

04-10-2008, 07:02 PM	#19
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	TPZ is also known as Topaz. It's the new DRM format. Most of the Kindle exclusive ebooks are in this format.

04-29-2008, 03:42 PM	#22
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	The problem I have with the Topaz format is that it makes page re-draws very slow. I hope this can be solved with firmware, but if it can't, and Amazon makes Topaz the default, I'm going to be a lot less happy with my Kindle. Tracey