Convert LIT to TXT — Free Online Converter
Convert Microsoft Reader eBook (.lit) to Plain Text (.txt) online for free. Fast, secure document conversion with no watermarks or registration....
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Upload your .lit file by dragging it into the upload area or clicking to browse.
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About LIT to TXT Conversion
LIT to TXT conversion extracts the pure text content from Microsoft Reader ebook files, stripping all formatting, images, and metadata to produce a clean plain text file. TXT is the ultimate universal format — readable by every application on every device, searchable by every tool, and storable in every system.
Our converter processes the LIT file through Calibre's extraction engine, strips all XHTML markup and CSS styling, preserves paragraph structure with newlines, and outputs UTF-8 encoded plain text.
Why Convert LIT to TXT?
Plain text is the most versatile data format. Converting LIT to TXT enables full-text searching with grep, processing with Python or Node.js scripts, indexing in search engines and databases, feeding into AI language models, and storage in version control systems like Git. None of this is possible with the proprietary LIT format.
TXT is also the most future-proof format. While LIT is already unreadable on most systems, plain text will be readable for as long as computers exist. For archival purposes, TXT extraction ensures the content survives regardless of software platform changes.
Common Use Cases
- Extracting searchable text from LIT ebooks for full-text indexing and grep-based searching
- Feeding LIT ebook content into AI models and natural language processing pipelines
- Archiving LIT text content in the most future-proof format possible
- Creating version-controlled text from LIT ebooks for Git-based workflows
- Processing LIT ebook content with scripts for analysis, transformation, and bulk operations
How It Works
The conversion extracts XHTML from the LIT container, parses it, strips all HTML tags and CSS, converts HTML entities to characters, normalizes whitespace, preserves paragraph breaks as double newlines, and outputs UTF-8 text. Chapter titles are preserved as unformatted text headings. Images are omitted entirely (only alt text is preserved if present).
Quality & Performance
All textual content is preserved accurately. Formatting (bold, italic, headings) is lost since TXT has no formatting. Images are omitted. The result is clean, readable text with paragraph structure preserved through line breaks.
Device Compatibility
| Device | LIT | TXT |
|---|---|---|
| Windows PC | Partial | Partial |
| macOS | Partial | Partial |
| iPhone/iPad | Partial | Partial |
| Android | Partial | Partial |
| Linux | Partial | Partial |
| Web Browser | No | No |
Tips for Best Results
- 1Use grep to search through the extracted text for quick content lookup
- 2Feed the TXT into AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude for summarization and analysis
- 3Store in Git for version tracking if you plan to edit and update the content
- 4Process with Python scripts for bulk analysis of ebook collections
- 5Convert all your LIT files to TXT now as a minimum preservation measure — the format is dying
LIT to TXT extracts the pure textual content from dead Microsoft Reader ebooks into the most universal and future-proof format possible. The conversion ensures this content remains accessible regardless of platform changes.