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Originally Posted by J.C.
I suspect thats more of a matter of Microsoft 'not allowing it / porting the reader' or demanding licensing fees to allow it.
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Uh, no.
There are at least two apps that read lits on other platforms; Golden Crater Software's Tiny Reader and Amazon's Stanza.
And Tiny Reader runs on Microsoft's old WinMo smartphones.
No "cease and desist" letters and no royalties required.
The Hanlin V3 and V5 ebook readers also feature LIT support with no flack from MS.
As is, LIT in internally very similar to epub as both are based on oeb; the only differences are in the compression algorithms and the DRM, which is why Calibre converts DRM-free LITs to epub faster than just about anything.
There is no magic involved; just little desire on the part of reader app developers.