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Old 12-03-2007, 10:43 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Asterra View Post
Let's hypothesize that one has come across about 100 books in PDB format, and wishes to convert these into whatever works best with the iLiad.
Note that "PDB" is a Palm file format that is used by several e-book formats. Check bytes 61-68 of your files (e.g. with a text editor, or under Linux with the file command) to determine the format. FBReader supports:

Aportis Doc (bytes 61-68 = "TEXtREAd")
zTxt ("zTXTGPlm")
plucker ("DataPlkr")
mobipocket ("BOOKMOBI")

MobiPocket is usually in a .prc file, but the other three are usually or often .pdb files. AportisDoc is now usually called PalmDoc, and the MobiPocket Reader will also read these files (which might be .prc or .pdb).

In any case, if you have a Windows or Linux Desktop, download FBReader and see if it reads your PDB files. If you have Windows, or any one of the many supported handheld PDA's or smart phones you can also try MobiPocket Reader.

See Palm Magic for a list of many PalmOS document types.

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