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elizilla · 03-03-2011, 01:14 PM

In Calibre, just right click on a book, and choose "Convert books". I'd start by doing an individual book, as proof of concept. You'll get a pop-up screen. In the upper left corner is the "input" format, leave this as whatever it is. On the upper right corner there's a "output" format, set this to LRF. Click OK, and the pop-up will close, and in the main screen in the lower right corner there'll be a little moving wheel labeled "Jobs: 1". When it stops moving, it's done.

At this point, see if you can send the converted book to the PRS-500.

Assuming it works, you can bulk convert the rest.

(If it's a DRM book, it will tell you this and refuse to convert it. That's its own can of worms. But a non-DRM book should be converted easily.)

03-03-2011, 01:14 PM	#4
elizilla Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 610286 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Sage, others	In Calibre, just right click on a book, and choose "Convert books". I'd start by doing an individual book, as proof of concept. You'll get a pop-up screen. In the upper left corner is the "input" format, leave this as whatever it is. On the upper right corner there's a "output" format, set this to LRF. Click OK, and the pop-up will close, and in the main screen in the lower right corner there'll be a little moving wheel labeled "Jobs: 1". When it stops moving, it's done. At this point, see if you can send the converted book to the PRS-500. Assuming it works, you can bulk convert the rest. (If it's a DRM book, it will tell you this and refuse to convert it. That's its own can of worms. But a non-DRM book should be converted easily.)