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FreeConvert supports 500+ file formats. Simply upload your LIT files and select a popular file format to convert them to. Easily share your LIT files (in a widely supported format) after conversion.
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Microsoft Reader eBook (LIT) is a discontinued e-book format built around a modified Compiled HTML Help container. Its selling point was ClearType rendering, which made text noticeably easier to read on the low-resolution screens of the early 2000s, and it supported bookmarks, annotations, and optional DRM. Microsoft withdrew Microsoft Reader in 2012, leaving LIT a legacy format.
Microsoft Reader is no longer distributed, so the practical route is Calibre, which opens DRM-free LIT files and converts them to EPUB, MOBI, or PDF.
Books that carry Microsoft’s DRM cannot be opened at all now that the activation servers have been shut down. If you have an archive of LIT books, converting them to EPUB is the safest way to keep them readable. You can also convert the file with our LIT to EPUB tool.
Developed by: Microsoft
Initial Release: 2000
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