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rlauzon · 07-16-2007, 05:11 AM

.pdb is NOT an eBook format. Never was. Never will be.

A PDB file is a "Palm Database". That's what .pdb stands for.

It can hold many, many different formats of eBooks. So you need to understand what kind of eBook it is.

If it's a PalmDOC, txt2pdbdoc will turn it back in to text without a problem. If it's one type of Mobipocket (an HTML file in a PalmDOC), it will work too.

However, you are pretty much out of luck if it's anything else.

07-16-2007, 05:11 AM	#3
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	.pdb is NOT an eBook format. Never was. Never will be. A PDB file is a "Palm Database". That's what .pdb stands for. It can hold many, many different formats of eBooks. So you need to understand what kind of eBook it is. If it's a PalmDOC, txt2pdbdoc will turn it back in to text without a problem. If it's one type of Mobipocket (an HTML file in a PalmDOC), it will work too. However, you are pretty much out of luck if it's anything else.