davidp

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.

ironhelix

Merci,

Good tutorial, i'm all in favor to removed the dmr.

i believe when i purchase a book, music cd, movie dvd,

i can make personal backup and also the ability to change format

so i can view on any devices that i own.