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nrapallo · 05-18-2008, 06:30 PM

I'm with the 1 to 10 crowd, despite having owned a hardware reader for over 5 years.

In the beginning, after Gemstar's demise and before Fictionwise launched the eBookwise site, there was very little opportunity to purchase mainstream .IMP ebooks. As a result, I turned to PD (mainly from blackmask.com and PG) ebooks and/or "rolled my own" ebooks. I would scour for any reading material even if not in the .IMP format with the hopes of converting .html / .pdb / .prc / .lit formats into my reader's native .IMP formats. And a converting junkie was born. I've even converted whole websites (using HTTrack Website Copier) and read them on my REB 1200. And after joining mobileread.com, I've only been inspired even more to continue the same.

Nowadays, I convert and create ebooks most of the time and seldom have time to read any of them anymore. It's truly like a junkie going for his next fix. I see something that would be nice to have in ebook format and I spend considerable effort in converting it only to have it be put aside as the next fix comes along. And so on...

And now, after creating software (Mobi2IMP/PDFRead/deimp) to effortlessly convert between ebook formats, it will only add fuel to my fire.

But I'm enjoying myself, and in the end, that is all that matters to me.

05-18-2008, 06:30 PM	#13
nrapallo GuteBook/Mobi2IMP Creator Posts: 2,958 Karma: 2530691 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: REB1200 EBW1150 Device: T1 NSTG iLiad_v2 NC Device: Asus_TF Next1 WPDN	I'm with the 1 to 10 crowd, despite having owned a hardware reader for over 5 years. In the beginning, after Gemstar's demise and before Fictionwise launched the eBookwise site, there was very little opportunity to purchase mainstream .IMP ebooks. As a result, I turned to PD (mainly from blackmask.com and PG) ebooks and/or "rolled my own" ebooks. I would scour for any reading material even if not in the .IMP format with the hopes of converting .html / .pdb / .prc / .lit formats into my reader's native .IMP formats. And a converting junkie was born. I've even converted whole websites (using HTTrack Website Copier) and read them on my REB 1200. And after joining mobileread.com, I've only been inspired even more to continue the same. Nowadays, I convert and create ebooks most of the time and seldom have time to read any of them anymore. It's truly like a junkie going for his next fix. I see something that would be nice to have in ebook format and I spend considerable effort in converting it only to have it be put aside as the next fix comes along. And so on... And now, after creating software (Mobi2IMP/PDFRead/deimp) to effortlessly convert between ebook formats, it will only add fuel to my fire. But I'm enjoying myself, and in the end, that is all that matters to me. Last edited by nrapallo; 05-20-2008 at 10:05 AM. Reason: typos!