iPad Tips: How to copy eBooks format .pdb files to iPad?

What files iPad can read?

EPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Files have the extension .epub. EPUB is designed for reflowable content, meaning that the text display can be optimized for the particular display device used by the reader of the EPUB-formatted book.

iBooks (Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod Touch) is reading epub files with DRM formats supported (FairPlay).

How to copy eBooks format .pdb files to iPad?

Apple iBooks of iPad only reads ePub, not .pdb. 2 Recommended solutions:

A ) Use a different app that can read that format.
B ) Convert pdb file to ePub file. App Calibre may be able to do the conversion.

What is calibro?

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

calibre can convert from a huge number of formats to a huge number of formats. It supports all the major e-book formats.

The conversion engine has lots of powerful features. It can rescale all font sizes, ensuring the output e-book is readable no matter what font sizes the input document uses. It can automatically detect/create book structure, like chapters and Table of Contents. It can insert the book metadata into a "Book Jacket" at the start of the book.

calibre supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. It can convert every input format in the following list, to every output format.

Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT

Output Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, TCR, TXT

** PRC is a generic format, calibre supports PRC files with TextRead and MOBIBook headers

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