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Old 06-08-2008, 11:38 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
If it's legal to do in your country, it's quite trivial to buy books in Microsoft Reader DRM format, use "ConvertLIT" to remove the DRM and convert to OEB, then MobiPocket Creator to convert the OEB to Mobi format for the Kindle. The entire process takes about 30 seconds to do. Virtually every "mainstream" book available for the Kindle can also be bought in Microsoft Reader format from bookstores like Fictionwise.
I found it even easier to use mobiperls lit2mobi which also has the advantage of working on Linux/Mac platforms unlike Mobi's software which is all windows only at this point.

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