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Xenophon · 03-21-2008, 04:37 PM

Libprs500 does a lot more than convertLit. Libprs500 is (at least) all of the following:

A librarian program for managing your eBooks, with support for multiple formats for the same book (e.g. .pdf and .lrf)
A program for converting eBooks from other formats to Sony's format for the Sony Reader
A program for moving books from your computer to your Sony Reader
A program for converting from Sony's binary format (.lrf) to Sony's "human readable" format (.lrs). Note that human readable doesn't mean "what you'd like to read" but rather "a 1-to-1 match with what's really there in the binary version, suitable for debugging problems."
A program for downloading new from online sources (such as the Wall Street Journal or NYT) for reading off-line on the Sony Reader.
(Soon) a program for converting from Sony's binary format (.lrf) back to HTML so you can use the books on other devices. This part isn't finished yet.

When converting from Microsoft Lit format to Sony's format, libprs500 actually makes use of convertLit under the floor.

Xenophon

P.S. I'm sure that someone will kindly correct any mistakes I've made in the above explanation.

03-21-2008, 04:37 PM	#2
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Libprs500 does a lot more than convertLit. Libprs500 is (at least) all of the following: A librarian program for managing your eBooks, with support for multiple formats for the same book (e.g. .pdf and .lrf) A program for converting eBooks from other formats to Sony's format for the Sony Reader A program for moving books from your computer to your Sony Reader A program for converting from Sony's binary format (.lrf) to Sony's "human readable" format (.lrs). Note that human readable doesn't mean "what you'd like to read" but rather "a 1-to-1 match with what's really there in the binary version, suitable for debugging problems." A program for downloading new from online sources (such as the Wall Street Journal or NYT) for reading off-line on the Sony Reader. (Soon) a program for converting from Sony's binary format (.lrf) back to HTML so you can use the books on other devices. This part isn't finished yet. When converting from Microsoft Lit format to Sony's format, libprs500 actually makes use of convertLit under the floor. Xenophon P.S. I'm sure that someone will kindly correct any mistakes I've made in the above explanation.