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Originally Posted by ivanjt
To convert your rather ancient LIT format books there is clit18 a command line tool that will convert encrypted LITs as well. Also the free ABC Amber lit converter - win only - will convert to several formats.
I don't see any need to add LIT to Cool Reader because you are about the last person with unconverted files ;-)
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I have, and have used, both of these tools but ABC leaves a lot to be desired in terms of the resulting formatting and CLIT18 creates a html file that I have to further process to create my preferred epubs.
If I need to fix/reformat a lit then these are the tools I use to get an editable format and epub.
But I have a bunch of files (from Baen for eg) that are just great as they are. I know in many cases I could download the same book in a different format but this doesn't seem like a good use of time/bandwidth when I already have the book......
Calibre does a fairly good job of conversion but requires that I import my collection and then convert.
Your comment about being the last person with LIT files seems a bit confrontational to me.
Why not make the same comment about the people who have posted about wanting .pdb or .prc readers or for .imp or .rb files - they too can just convert everything they have. Simple answer is most people would prefer to get a reader that can open everything. CR3 already supports a wide range of input formats - for me personally .lit and .pdb/.prc import would give me one reading tool that can open all my collection.
I have, for historical reasons ie I used a windows mobile smartphone, a large collection of lit files, I would much prefer to find a reader that can read them without conversion than spend my time converting, reformatting etc. The same goes for my smaller collection of .pdb files. At the end of the day I want to spend time reading not playing with converter tools. Don't get me wrong for some specific files I have made the effort to convert but I don't want to convert hundreds of books I already have.
Will I buy/acquire .lits in future? NO. But do I want to convert the large collection I have? Also no.
At the end of the day, I asked for a feature - if Buggins can deliver then great, if not then that's fine too. But please don't post in way that came across as insulting me because I have Lit files.