ebooks, .lit, DRM removal and hating Bill Gates

[loriel_eris]

Looking for some help.

I have a dozen or so bought and paid for .lit ebooks.

One reads .lit ebooks by downloading and activating Microsoft Reader. One strips the DRM from them (in order to then convert to an actual ebook reader format that I can use) by having an activated copy of MS Reader and ConvertLitAs of 30th Aug 2012 you can no longer

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[mremre]

I just learned how to convert AZW3 (the new Kindle format) to epubs so I could read them on my Sony T1, so I feel your pain. This link (http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/hello-world/) looks to be the most comprehensive set of tools/calibre plugins around. Not sure if they help unlock protected .lit files, but it can't hurt to try converting with standard calibre to see if an error message appears. That's always a good stepping stone to see what kind of protection you need to unwind.

And if you are really unable to convert due to DRM, you can always find them cleaned up on the **koff koff** shady places. It's a bit of mental gymnastics to justify it, I know, but if you have a copy you can't use anymore, is it really immoral to...erm...reacquire in a modern format?

Best of luck on your conversion quest!

ETA: If standard calibre won't convert your DRM'd lit files, I honestly believe it would be easier to just find **koff koff** versions in the wild. Even if they were also lit files, they would definitely be unprotected, and conversion is easy at that point.

[loriel_eris]

Apprentice Alf has answered all my other DRMing needs, but his solution for .lit? Use ConvertLit... *headdesk* That also seems to be the solution the whole rest of the internet suggests too! Which, up until a week ago was awesome. Now? A lot less so... Thanks for the suggestion tho.

I suspect you're right, I will have to acquire these books elsewhere. The hassle factor was what initially put me off the alternative acquisition route, but in hindsight, it looks like it might have been a lot less hassle than trying to strip the DRM!