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Edwin Fong · 10-25-2009, 03:59 PM

Hi,
I got my eReader last week after quietly reading these forums to help me decide, and got a PRS 300. Got a few books from the Waterstones website, and they all seem fine. However, I got a few ebooks from a friends, and they are in .PDB format, which I understand to be an ereader format. The books are Palmdoc books, and don't seem to have DRM. (they can just be read).

Now, I've tried two methods to convert them. First i used Amber ABC palm converter then Book Designer. This gave a decent looking book, but one that was too big for the smaller screen on the 300. Also, some formatting was out, but I think that was because I didn't check the HTML as I was just seeing if it worked.

I then tried Calibre, as it seemed to be an easier way to convert them. Now, then conversion goes fine, the font size is fine and everything, but there is absolutely no formatting left in the book. Is there any way to get it to reproduce the book to the same standard as it first was? If I open it in eReader for Windows the book is formatted fine, but if I open it in Calibre the book doesn't seem to have any formatting at all.

Is the best way of doing this to convert it to HTML first? And if so, is there a converter that provides nicer HTML than ABC?

Thanks in advance for any help.

10-25-2009, 03:59 PM	#1
Edwin Fong Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony eReader PRS-300	Losing formatting when converting PDB Hi, I got my eReader last week after quietly reading these forums to help me decide, and got a PRS 300. Got a few books from the Waterstones website, and they all seem fine. However, I got a few ebooks from a friends, and they are in .PDB format, which I understand to be an ereader format. The books are Palmdoc books, and don't seem to have DRM. (they can just be read). Now, I've tried two methods to convert them. First i used Amber ABC palm converter then Book Designer. This gave a decent looking book, but one that was too big for the smaller screen on the 300. Also, some formatting was out, but I think that was because I didn't check the HTML as I was just seeing if it worked. I then tried Calibre, as it seemed to be an easier way to convert them. Now, then conversion goes fine, the font size is fine and everything, but there is absolutely no formatting left in the book. Is there any way to get it to reproduce the book to the same standard as it first was? If I open it in eReader for Windows the book is formatted fine, but if I open it in Calibre the book doesn't seem to have any formatting at all. Is the best way of doing this to convert it to HTML first? And if so, is there a converter that provides nicer HTML than ABC? Thanks in advance for any help.