Do you read LRF because you have to?

JSWolf · 01-02-2016, 11:03 AM

Who downloads and reads the eBooks posted to MR in LRF because you are only using a Sony Reader PRS-500 that does NOT support ePub? Personally, I think LRF is a dead format.

pwalker8 · 01-02-2016, 06:04 PM

I didn't even know you could still get LRF ebooks. Sony dropped that format years ago. I agree, that format is about as dead as it gets.

JSWolf · 01-03-2016, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

I didn't even know you could still get LRF ebooks. Sony dropped that format years ago. I agree, that format is about as dead as it gets.

You can get LRF here on MR. Crutledge is still converting to LRF. But he posted in another thread about a sometimes problem with the Calibre conversion to LRF. I'm trying to convince him that LRF is dead and LRF doesn't need to be made. The only people that need LRF are PRS-500 users who have not updated it to be able to handle ePub. There used to be some people who used Sony Readers and preferred LRF over ePub. But that was back in the early days of ePub.

Sony dropped LRF in the Sony Reader starting with the T1. Up until then all Sony Readers could handle LRF. The x50 line was the last line from Sony that supported LRF.

DiapDealer · 01-03-2016, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm trying to convince him that LRF is dead and LRF doesn't need to be made.

Why? Who is harmed by the availability of books in a predominantly unused format? Let him decide if it's worth his trouble to make them or not.

JSWolf · 01-03-2016, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Why? Who is harmed by the availability of books in a predominantly unused format? Let him decide if it's worth his trouble to make them or not.

There are sometimes problems with converting to LRF via Calibre and the person who used to maintain that part of Calibre no longer does so.

DiapDealer · 01-03-2016, 11:45 AM

None of which has any bearing on the sentiment I put forth. Why try to convince someone NOT to do something they apparently see value in trying to continue to do? Especially when doing so (or not) affects no one but them (and maybe a small, appreciative group of LRF aficionados)?

View Poll Results: Do you read LRF format eBooks
I only read on a PRS-500 that does not support ePub	0	0%
I read with a Sony Reader that supports ePub & prefer LRF	0	0%
I read with a Sony Reader that supports ePub & I prefer ePub	6	100.00%
I download LRF eBooks automatically yet I do not read them	0	0%
Voters: 6. You may not vote on this poll

01-02-2016, 11:03 AM	#1
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,741 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Do you read LRF because you have to? Who downloads and reads the eBooks posted to MR in LRF because you are only using a Sony Reader PRS-500 that does NOT support ePub? Personally, I think LRF is a dead format. Last edited by JSWolf; 01-02-2016 at 11:07 AM.

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01-02-2016, 06:04 PM	#2
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I didn't even know you could still get LRF ebooks. Sony dropped that format years ago. I agree, that format is about as dead as it gets.

01-03-2016, 11:45 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,568 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	None of which has any bearing on the sentiment I put forth. Why try to convince someone NOT to do something they apparently see value in trying to continue to do? Especially when doing so (or not) affects no one but them (and maybe a small, appreciative group of LRF aficionados)?

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