Contributors: cmbtc - removal of drm which made all of this possible clarknova - for all of the svg and glyph generation and many other bug fixes and improvements skindle - for figuing out the general case for the mode loops some updates - for conversion to xml, basic html DiapDealer - for extensive testing and feedback, and standalone linux/macosx version of cmbtc_dump stewball - for extensive testing and feedback and many others for posting, feedback and testing This is experimental and it will probably not work for you but... ALSO: Please do not use any of this to steal. Theft is wrong. This is meant to allow conversion of Topaz books for other book readers you own Here are the steps: 1. Unzip the topazscripts.zip file to get the full set of python scripts. The files you should have after unzipping are: cmbtc_dump.py - (author: cmbtc) unencrypts and dumps sections into separate files for Kindle for PC and Mac decode_meta.py - converts metadata0000.dat to make it available convert2xml.py - converts page*.dat, other*.dat, and glyphs*.dat files to pseudo xml descriptions flatxml2html.py - converts a "flattened" xml description to html using the ocrtext stylexml2css.py - converts stylesheet "flattened" xml into css (as best it can) getpagedim.py - reads page0000.dat to get the book height and width parameters genxml.py - main program to convert everything to xml genhtml.py - main program to generate "book.html" gensvg.py - (author: clarknova) main program to create an xhmtl page with embedded svg graphics k4mutils.py - Mac OSX support routines for cmbtc_dump.py k4pcutils.py - Windows support routines for cmbtc_dump.py Please note, these scripts all import code from each other so please keep all of these python scripts together in the same place. 2. Remove the DRM from the Topaz book and build a directory of its contents as files All Thanks go to CMBTC who broke the DRM for Topaz - without it nothing else would be possible If you purchased the book for Kindle for PC or Kindle for Mac, you must do the following: cmbtc_dump.py -d -o TARGETDIR [-p pid] YOURTOPAZBOOKNAMEHERE If you purchased the book for a standalone Kindle 1 or ipod/iphone/ipad and you know your pid (at least the first 8 characters) then you should add that using -p 12345678 switch as indicated above, replacing the 12345678 with the 8 characters of your pid This should create a directory called "TARGETDIR" in your current directory. It should have the following files in it: metadata0000.dat - metadata info other0000.dat - information used to create a style sheet dict0000.dat - dictionary of words used to build page descriptions page - directory filled with page*.dat files glyphs - directory filled with glyphs*.dat files img - directory filled with images color_img - directory used for color images 3. REQUIRED: Create xhtml page descriptions with embedded svg that show the exact representation of each page as an image with proper glyphs and positioning. The step must NOW be done BEFORE attempting conversion to html gensvg.py TARGETDIR When complete, use a web-browser to open the page*.xhtml files in TARGETDIR/svg/ to see what the book really looks like. If you would prefer pure svg pages, then use the -r option as follows: gensvg.py -r TARGETDIR All thanks go to CLARKNOVA for this program. This program is needed to actually see the true image of each page and so that the next step can properly create images from glyphs for monograms, dropcaps and tables. 4. Create "book.html" which can be found in "TARGETDIR" after completion. genhtml.py TARGETDIR ***IMPORTANT NOTE*** This html conversion can not fully capture all of the layouts and styles actually used in the book and the resulting html will need to be edited by hand to properly set bold and/or italics, handle font size changes, and to fix the sometimes horiffic mistakes in the ocrText used to create the html. If there critical pages that need fixed layout in your book you might want to consider forcing these fixed regions to become svg images using the command instead genhtml.py --fixed-image TARGETDIR This will convert all fixed regions into svg images at the expense of increased book size, slower loading speed, and a loss of the ability to search for words in those regions FYI: Sigil is a wonderful, free cross- platform program that can be used to edit the html and create an epub if you so desire. 5. Optional Step: Convert the files in "TARGETDIR" to their xml descriptions which can be found in TARGETDIR/xml/ upon completion. genxml.py TARGETDIR These conversions are important for allowing future (and better) conversions to come later.