Kindle 2 and .lit

Diligently Me · 05-03-2009, 08:47 PM

I'm going to be receiving my kindle 2 in about two weeks. My dilemma is that I have a few books in .lit format. I don't think the kindle supports the .lit format and so I wanted to know if there was good converter out there that will allow to make it kindle compatible.

daffy4u · 05-03-2009, 08:49 PM

Do a Google search for "convertlit". I prefer the GUI though there are those who prefer the command line version.

Edit: I forgot to tell you that once you've converted the lit file to opf, you'll need Calibre to convert it to a mobi book that will work on your Kindle. You can also use, MobiPocket Creator to make your .prc (same as mobi) book if you're using a PC.

InlawBiker · 05-03-2009, 09:15 PM

I have converted several .LIT files to .Mobi format with Calibre. It works great. LIT is a very simple format, it converts very well to other formats with minimal layout problems (depending on the original of course).

daffy4u · 05-03-2009, 09:25 PM

Calibre won't work on DRMed LIT files but ConvertLIT will.

05-03-2009, 08:47 PM	#1
Diligently Me Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle DX	Kindle 2 and .lit I'm going to be receiving my kindle 2 in about two weeks. My dilemma is that I have a few books in .lit format. I don't think the kindle supports the .lit format and so I wanted to know if there was good converter out there that will allow to make it kindle compatible.

05-03-2009, 08:49 PM	#2
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Do a Google search for "convertlit". I prefer the GUI though there are those who prefer the command line version. Edit: I forgot to tell you that once you've converted the lit file to opf, you'll need Calibre to convert it to a mobi book that will work on your Kindle. You can also use, MobiPocket Creator to make your .prc (same as mobi) book if you're using a PC. Last edited by daffy4u; 05-03-2009 at 09:04 PM.

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InlawBiker Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 544 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle WA Device: Kindle 1.0	I have converted several .LIT files to .Mobi format with Calibre. It works great. LIT is a very simple format, it converts very well to other formats with minimal layout problems (depending on the original of course).

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