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Originally Posted by WFT
Isn't PDB another term for eReader? Also, please talk for a moment about FB2 and IMP. Why should we authors consider adding them to our list of formats?
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There are several different formats with the extension PDB (and several with PRC, but only Mobi has caught on), because the Palm OS can only deal with files with two extensions: PDB (Palm DataBase) and PRC (Palm Resource Collection).
Ebook formats in PDB include eReader, PalmDOC (the simplest, by far--the equivalent of a text file, but more compressed), Plucker, iSilo, TomeRaider, and
several others. Memoware has
a much longer list of PalmOS document formats (both PDB and PRC), but many of those are now mostly obsolete.
FB2: I don't know much about this format. I know there are ebook readers that take it, and some that prefer it; I think it's much more popular in Russian ebook comms than English-speaking ones.
IMP is the only filetype readable by the eBookwise. Fortunately, there's a free converter; most eBookwise owners get used to putting other documents through that. But if you're offering several formats, it's nice to take a few minutes and put this one up too--it says "I'm paying attention to the ebook community, and I want my book read by anyone who wants to read it."