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app103:
You can also read MS Reader .lit books on the desktop, and in some cases you can have the software read it to you. This option is not in the PDA versions of the Reader software, but it is available in the desktop software. The only catch is that if the file is locked with DRM, usually text is your only option and not audio.

herneith:
Once I have downloaded ebooks purchased through Adobe  Digital Editions for example, I cannot remove them and place them in my documents folder.  When downloading the ebooks purchased online, several formats are offered such as Adobe, Mobi, Microsoft E reader etc.   When you purchase the books, they download into these programs.  Once in these e readers, I am unable to move them into any file/folders on my computer.  The only ebook store where I have been able to download the file directly into a file/folder has been Lulu.com.  Can you tell me in more detail how to do this?  So far that is the only drawback to the reading device unless of course you are downloading from one of the free sites.  Thanks!  

CWuestefeld:
Take a look at Fictionwise. Their "multiformat" ebooks can certainly be moved around as you wish, including from one machine to another. Their "secure" ebooks might have any kind of DRM, and so I won't buy those from 'em. But even so, it's a pretty good service.

Nod5:
If there's truth behind the buzz then small laptops wih Pixel Qi screens might be hot contenders for the ebook reader throne come this summer:
http://www.liliputing.com/2009/02/pixel-qi-to-sample-first-low-power-daylight-readable-screens-this-spring.html

app103:
I don't know a thing about the process of downloading purchased books and where the files go by default, and all the particulars, as I only read free books. And I know nothing about Adobe Digital Editions.

The books I get are either .txt files that I convert to .lit myself, or they are already in .lit format, converted from .txt by someone else. Almost all are public domain works. the rest are various free normal pdf files acquired from various sources.

If you can't find your book files for MS Reader, just do a search of your system for *.lit. That should find them all for you. Then just move them where you want them. If you do not see them in your library the next time you run Reader or if they won't work when selecting through the software, then just find & click the .lit file in Explorer to open it that way and it should stick it in your software's library. (works for me)

And even those with DRM should be able to be moved around. The restrictions is on what PC can open them...not where on a pc they are located. Any device or pc that has a copy of MS Reader registered to the original purchaser of the book should be able to open the book. (you can copy the books from your desktop to your PDA, and read them, provided the copy of MS Reader on both the desktop and PDA are registered to the same person, and that person is the purchaser of the DRM protected book file.)

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