E-book Converters

Palm Conversion Tools and Utilities:
Much of the info on the following table was shamelessly stolen from Memoware. They may be updating more frequently than we and there is lots of other good info on their pages. Have a look.

Advisory: Memoware seems dedicated to the Palm platform so their wording is usually aimed at conversions from Palm O/S to or from something else, BUT many of these programs can be used to convert back to the PC to a very portable format like text.

Submitted by Brandon Blackmoor:
Blackmoor's PDB Mini-FAQ:
Q: How do I read/convert to/convert from a pdb file?
A: "pdb" isn't a file format, it's just the file extenson, and by itself it doesn't tell you what format the file is -- you need to specify what format you are trying to read/convert in order for your question to be meaningful.

Q: Where can I get a reader for [insert format], then?
A: Go to http://www.memoware.com/mw.cgi/?screen=help_format and look for one.

Key:
O/S = The operating system or environment
Input = The file formats accepted by the conversion tool (The tool might accept other formats not listed as inputs, but the output is likely to be junk)
Output = The file formats produced by the conversion tool
Uses = What are the uses of the utility (Reader, Editor, Converter) Notes:
Text is plain ASCII text (.txt).
PDB or "PalmDoc" is the PalmOS (database) 'DOC' format, not MS-Word's .doc format.
RTF is Rich Text Format (.rtf).
PDF is Adobe's Portable Document Format (.pdf)