Convert E book available for Kindle only (not avalailable for Kindle for PC)

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There's nothing inherently "horrible" about Topaz format; like any other format, it can be well- or badly-done. I have a couple of Topaz books which are very nicely formatted.

It's not the formatting so much as they're truly a pain to convert properly to another format.

Originally Posted by HarryT

Not really OCR. There's an explanation of it in the Wiki here. It's used in cases where there is no digital version of the text, or the formatting is so complex that there's no easy way to create one (the books I have are mathematics books, full of equations).

It's also been used a fair amount for plain old regular linear fiction books which is how most folks I know have encountered it. I get that it was a quick & dirty way to get those books out in the early days of the ebook markets big growth, it's just a shame that a lot of those books have never been replaced with Mobi or KF8 even now that many of them have been done as ePub's.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It's not the formatting so much as they're truly a pain to convert properly to another format.

That is of course true, but if you're reading them on the Kindle, there's really no reason that you'd need to convert them, is there?

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by HarryT

That is of course true, but if you're reading them on the Kindle, there's really no reason that you'd need to convert them, is there?

No, that's true, but personally I like to have a backup copy of everything and the OCR text and glyph svg files from the Topaz aren't what I consider a great backup copy.