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Nate0072 · 03-02-2009, 10:20 AM

I ordered my 505 a few weeks ago and am still waiting for it to be delivered.

In the meantime, I've been reading up on the different formats and the ones that need to be converted to work on the 505. What a nightmare.

Why can't publishers just convert the books into LRF instead of LIT, MOBI, EREADER, etc to make our lives easier?

I looked at Calibre, Convertlit and BookDesigner, and just confused myself.

I even tried a free LIT book, used Convertlit to remove the DRM, and tried to convert it into LRF via Calibre, doesn't seem to work, had a strange message on Calibre saying something about atoms not found!

I love the idea of having my books in one place, and the 505 is damn sexy, but right now, I'm just wondering if I have made a terrible mistake and should continue reading paper books instead.

Any feedback to would be great...

03-02-2009, 10:20 AM	#1
Nate0072 Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 282 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brussels, Belgium Device: Sony Reader 505 (Silver)	All of this conversion stuff gives me a headache I ordered my 505 a few weeks ago and am still waiting for it to be delivered. In the meantime, I've been reading up on the different formats and the ones that need to be converted to work on the 505. What a nightmare. Why can't publishers just convert the books into LRF instead of LIT, MOBI, EREADER, etc to make our lives easier? I looked at Calibre, Convertlit and BookDesigner, and just confused myself. I even tried a free LIT book, used Convertlit to remove the DRM, and tried to convert it into LRF via Calibre, doesn't seem to work, had a strange message on Calibre saying something about atoms not found! I love the idea of having my books in one place, and the 505 is damn sexy, but right now, I'm just wondering if I have made a terrible mistake and should continue reading paper books instead. Any feedback to would be great...