eBooks format .pdb to iPad

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eBooks format .pdb to iPad

Is there any way to copy eBooks that I own onto iPad? I tried copying the .pdb files to iTunes but unsuccessfully. Those files are on iMac, and I use eReader to read them. Love to put them on my iPad. Can someone help?

iMac O2.4 GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 21, 2010 12:49 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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Apr 21, 2010 1:15 PM in response to YSNY

iBooks only reads ePub, not .pdb. So you would need to use a different app that can read that format, or convert it to ePub first (assuming it is not DRM'd). I think the app Calibre may be able to do the conversion.

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YSNY Author

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Apr 21, 2010 5:19 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

I downloaded eReader that should read .pdb on iPad. However, problem is that I can't copy or move eBooks to iPad. That is, they won't be copied or moved to iTunes. Any tricks that I don't know?

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Tom Gewecke

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Apr 21, 2010 5:39 PM in response to YSNY

problem is that I can't copy or move eBooks to iPad. That is, they won't be copied or moved to iTunes. Any tricks that I don't know?

I suppose it works the same way as it does on the iphone?

http://www.ereader.com/personal-content

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YSNY Author

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Apr 22, 2010 7:56 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you for the suggestion. I hope it will work. I don't have WiFi connection at home most of time (what's new?), so I will bring my iPad to an Apple store tomorrow to test the procedure. Will let you know.

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BoldJava

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Jun 6, 2010 2:55 PM in response to YSNY

I contacted eReader to find out when they would update their app to support the iPad (without the pixelation issue making the iPhone version unusable on the iPad) – their answer – they have no plans to publish an iPad version.

So I did my research on converting my PDB DRM enabled eBooks to ePUB format and started to go through the hoops. Nothing simple since they were DRM enabled.

In the end – Stanza now has an iPad version of their software that will allow me download my previously purchased titles directly from Fictionwise and enter my unlock code during the download.

Stanza on the iPad is gorgeous. Don’t bother with all the conversion effort – just get Stanza.

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G3R3N

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Jun 7, 2010 10:19 PM in response to BoldJava

Hey there,

I found http://calibre-ebook.com/download to be very useful. It will convert most text files (including RTF, TXT, PDF and PDB) to ePUB. Thanks to this, I have almost all of my favourite books on the iPad as well as all my lecture notes - Which makes them a big more engaging when they're on the iPad 😀

Simply download the program, convert the files in question and import into iTunes and sync!

Hope this helps
G3R3N

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Answer 7

Jun 23, 2010 8:04 AM in response to YSNY

You can use isilo for iPad http://itunes.apple.com/app/isilo/id284979163?mt=8.

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