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davidp · 05-20-05, 06:33 AM

I love eBooks ; they are so easy to carry around, can be read in the dark without even turning a light on, are easily bought and exchanged, are easier to read in a foreign language (dictionaries...).

But I don't like the PocketPC version of Microsoft Reader (the Windows version is quite good, IMHO) : it wastes a lot of screen estate, and cannot use a small enough font for my taste.

So I use the (very cheap) µBook, which is excellent and can read a lot of formats. Unfortunately it cannot read secure MS Reader eBooks. That's why they have to be converted, first, to HTML (zipped).

Here is the procedure to follow :

1. download ConvertLIT and install it

2. use ReaderRecoveryTool (see ConvertLIT readme for how-to) and save your MsReader secure key to a text file in the ConvertLIT directory.

3. issue the command "clit.exe -k[your key file] [your .lit file] [the directory in which to store the html files]

4. compress (Zip) the generated files to a single zip archive and transfer this file to your PocketPC

And voilà !

Tips:

if using µBook, it helps having a single HTML file and a single picture (used for the book cover in the library).
if the .lit contained several files, you can merge them into a single one (pay attention to the order here) using the "copy /b" command : "copy /b 1.txt + 2.txt + 3.txt dest.txt" will merge 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt to dest.txt

You can contact me if you have questions, I'll help !

Cheers, and happy reading !

David.

05-20-05, 06:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
davidp Aximsite Rookie DAP Freshman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Metz, France Posts: 81 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tutorial:convert MS Reader eBooks to HTML I love eBooks ; they are so easy to carry around, can be read in the dark without even turning a light on, are easily bought and exchanged, are easier to read in a foreign language (dictionaries...). But I don't like the PocketPC version of Microsoft Reader (the Windows version is quite good, IMHO) : it wastes a lot of screen estate, and cannot use a small enough font for my taste. So I use the (very cheap) µBook, which is excellent and can read a lot of formats. Unfortunately it cannot read secure MS Reader eBooks. That's why they have to be converted, first, to HTML (zipped). Here is the procedure to follow : 1. download ConvertLIT and install it 2. use ReaderRecoveryTool (see ConvertLIT readme for how-to) and save your MsReader secure key to a text file in the ConvertLIT directory. 3. issue the command "clit.exe -k[your key file] [your .lit file] [the directory in which to store the html files] 4. compress (Zip) the generated files to a single zip archive and transfer this file to your PocketPC And voilà ! Tips: if using µBook, it helps having a single HTML file and a single picture (used for the book cover in the library). if the .lit contained several files, you can merge them into a single one (pay attention to the order here) using the "copy /b" command : "copy /b 1.txt + 2.txt + 3.txt dest.txt" will merge 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt to dest.txt You can contact me if you have questions, I'll help ! Cheers, and happy reading ! David.