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If Kindle stays with mobi (i.e. if Amazon isn't shooting itself in the foot by way of its head), then I'd anticipate seeing the number mobi titles skyrocket in fairly short order.
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11-16-2007, 12:20 PM | #18 |
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Isn't it true for Sonys format also that you cannot convert it to another format due to the DRM?
Actually I looked at a way on my Linux machine to convert a non-DRM lrf file to html or something I could handle but did not find any program to do it. |
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It is true that there's no way (so far) to pull the book out of an LRX (the DRMed variant of Sony's format) but there is a way to pull it out of LRF (the non-DRMed variant). That app is pretty rough, though, and the results are mixed. If you want something out of an LRF it's easier and more effective to open it in the PC side software and copy the contents out -- preserves the formatting for the most part.
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11-16-2007, 02:49 PM | #21 |
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MobiPocket DRM has been broken, but the software to do so (which also explodes non-DRM .mobi files) isn't widely available. So for routine format shifting, .LIT is your best bet.
The advantage of using a DRM scheme that isn't secure (.LIT or .MOBI) is that it provides insurance for the future. For example, in the past Amazon has withdrawn from the e-book business and discarded all on-line copies of their e-books. So if they ever closed down MobiPocket, you would still be able to format shift your existing .mobi e-book files to new reading devices. |
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And for the Sony Reader PRS-505, it is a lot easier to use lit2lrf (part of librs500) to convert MS Reader format to LRF then it is to convert MS Reader to Mobi format. So if you want books without DRM, then I would suggest the 505 as content creation from purchased LIT cannot be easier. And removing the DRM from LIT would be the same process no matter which device you got be it the 505 or Gen3. Also, if the books you purchase have illustraions or photos, you will find that the versions in LIT will have larger sized pictures then the mobi versions. So once you have the LIT convertefd to LRF, the ones that have photos/illustrations will give you a better reading experience. Take some SF books, they have maps and the maps will be more readable on the 505 then the Gen3. If the graphics in the LIT are not jpeg, you will have to convert them to jpeg and reinsert them into the book. It's just a lot easier to use lit2lrf. It's a simple process and all is done for you.
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A lot easier? Is seems to be very easy to convert to Mobi format also. What is the reason for the big difference in how hard it is?
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I think he means that the LIT to LRF conversion can be done in a single step with lit2lrf, as opposed to 2 (or more?) to convert MOBI files.
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All you do is use ConvertLIT to break the DRM so you end up with a LIT file that has no DRM. Then you use lit2lrf to convert that to an LRF. Also, if the LIT has images, you will get larger image sizes in the LRF then you would in the mobi format file. If the images are not jpeg then you have to covert them to jpeg in order to be able to convert to mobi format to keep them in a larger size. Otherwise, they will be small. Converting to mobi can sometimes be a pain. Converting to LRF is very easy.
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How easy is it to take a LIT file that has images and convert to mobi format so they keep the same size especially if the images are in GIF? lit2lrf and LRF do not care. They just work.
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Why should you care about image size if you just want to read a book? I just thought you overstated the difference in how hard it is to convert a lit file to different format for reading a book. But if it is possible to get images to work in mobigen then it is trivial to write a script that does everything in one step if the number of steps should be an issue.
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Actually, I did not overstate. I stated it just right. Once setup properly, it's a simple 2 step process to go from LIT to LRF to have DRM free ebooks. Mobipocket format is a throughback to the times when it was primarily for reading on smaller palm/cell phone sized screens and hence the issue with image sizes. |
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If that was your point you should have said that one format was more restricted and could not do some things which the other format handled. My process when setup correctly going from lit to mobi format is a one step process. The context for this discussion is to help people choose and then to pretend that the conversion to get a mobipocket book that looks like the mobipocked books you can buy is a much harder process then when converting to Sony format is misleading. |
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