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I know that LIT files can be converted to HTML files on a Mac, but is there an actual lit file viewer for Mac analogous to MS ebook reader?

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I have been using Stanza to read .lit files. Check it out.

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Thanks; can you please add the link in your answer? lexcycle.com/download-macintosh – Sridhar Ratnakumar Oct 23 '09 at 9:31
I just checked it. The rendering is very bad. :-( – Sridhar Ratnakumar Oct 23 '09 at 10:12
No I can't add a link to my answer: last time I did, all but 1 point were deducted from my account. Oh my hard-earned points :-( – Hai Vu Oct 24 '09 at 4:22
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calibre is a one stop solution to all your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design and works well on Linux, OS X and Windows.

supported formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, TCR, TXT

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Thank you for the suggestion. I tried calibre on OSX and it is really slow and sluggish. Plus, it does not render broken HTML well enough. For example, in a LIT the entire book content was underlined (unclosed <u> tag? IE would have rendered it well) – Sridhar Ratnakumar Oct 31 '09 at 7:10
LIT is always tricky unless you're using MS REader, i avoid this format like the plague ... other than that i can only think of a VBox with XP + MS REader for your Mac – Molly7244 Oct 31 '09 at 12:01
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From here

convertlit will be able to open .lit files (which are Microsoft-format- eBook files),

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Downloaded ABC Amber Lit Converter (Windows) and converted to PDF on my Windows computer, then transferred them over to Mac

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I seem to be a little late to this party but, of course, e-books have been evolving into many competing formats. I’ll discuss those with which I’m familiar: EPUB (Amazon) is really tiny, KB files; FB2 is somewhat larger; LIT (Microsoft) larger still; and Adobe’s PDF enormous in comparison.

I download a lot of books, magazines, graphic novels and comics. The latter are often CBR or CBZ format which require a reliable reader like Jomic for Mac.

I’ve chosen to convert all these to PDF. I think a cross-platform, easy format like PDF will be around a long time. Jomic will convert comics formats to PDF. And I insist all my reading files be just one format.

To convert the others, you’ll need Adobe Digital Editions. When you open an EPUB file, the bottons at top left and right of the window will give you conversion choices.

However, when you open EPUB files using DigEd, it will provide a print choice. Print to PDF and...Steve’s your uncle!

Happy reading!

However, to convert

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