Sony Reader now ruined for Canadians

[Selzernium]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The input folder defaults to the "\My Documents\My Library" folder (the automatic download location for LIT books). Since what I generally want to do is explode a LIT which which I've bought, this is a sensible default.

I shall, however, try the other GUI, now that I know it exists, and see if I prefer it.

I personally prefer to use the "complete" GUI solely for the downcovert feature which the crippled GUI lacks...

Its MSreader/lit's equivalent of "mobi dedrm" only faster and more reliable! gives you a nice and clean lit file ready for lit2any* conversion processes without hassle.


*) Via calibre mobigen/creator BD etc.

Originally Posted by Valloric

No, you shouldn't. I don't get why they call it "the most difficult to configure". You install it, click "authorize computer" when the setup ends, and then use it. That's it.

And it's the best format out there for your Reader since you can remove the DRM in under 10 seconds (with ConvertLIT). Even if the LIT format bothers you (for some unknown reason), when you remove the DRM, you can convert it to whatever format suits you better.

And don't trust everything retailers tell you.

QFT

EDIT : For some reason while typing I got logetout.... worse my post had a thumpsdown - header - icon I didn't use!!!

[AngrySpoon]

Well, I don't know if they changed it back since the OP or what, but I'm in Canada and just bought Anathem off the sony ebook store without a problem.

[JSWolf]

I'd prefer if the GUI for ConvertLIT just went away. The GUI will not help in any way to set up ConvertLIT. So you do need to know enough of the command like to setup ConvertLIT and from there, it's easier to use it from the command line then the GUI add-on.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'd prefer if the GUI for ConvertLIT just went away. The GUI will not help in any way to set up ConvertLIT. So you do need to know enough of the command like to setup ConvertLIT and from there, it's easier to use it from the command line then the GUI add-on.

It's not easier at all if, like me, you store your e-books deep down in a complex directory tree with lots of space in the folder names. I store my books in a structure like this:

e-Books\Author Name\Book Name

eg:

e-Books\Haggard, H. Rider\King Solomon's Mines

It's a heck of a lot easier to select that in a GUI than to type it on the command line, getting all the quotes in the right places.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's not easier at all if, like me, you store your e-books deep down in a complex directory tree with lots of space in the folder names. I store my books in a structure like this:

e-Books\Author Name\Book Name

eg:

e-Books\Haggard, H. Rider\King Solomon's Mines

It's a heck of a lot easier to select that in a GUI than to type it on the command line, getting all the quotes in the right places.

Actually, with the command line, you can use command completion to get there very very easily.

Let's take the second example and say it is on drive D

D:
CD \e-b [tab] \ hag [tab] \king [tab] [enter]

and then you'll be at D:\e-Books\Haggard, H. Rider\King Solomon's Mines>

But if you do hit tab and the wrong directory pops up, hit tab again and it will move to the next match. Very easy and to me, easier then the gui to dig that deep. And as long as you have ConvertLIT in your path, you'll be all set.

[HarryT]

Command completion helps, I agree.

Use whichever you prefer. All I'm saying is please don't denigrate the GUI just because you don't personally use it. Other people such as myself (who are perfectly capable of using command-line tools if we wish to do so) prefer it.

Each to their own.