Rocket eBook
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* [http://rbmake.sourceforge.net/RbmakeDocumentation.rb rbmake documentation] | * [http://rbmake.sourceforge.net/RbmakeDocumentation.rb rbmake documentation] | ||
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* [http://calibre-ebook.com/ Calibre] - read, convert to, and convert from .rb | * [http://calibre-ebook.com/ Calibre] - read, convert to, and convert from .rb | ||
* [https://rbmake.sourceforge.io/ rbmake] | * [https://rbmake.sourceforge.io/ rbmake] | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 25 September 2023
Rocket eBook format was used by one of the first physical ebook readers, the Rocket eBook from NuvoMedia (and later REB 1100 from RCA/Gemstar and GEB1150).
It is a container format for simplified html, images and a pseudo-OPF (.info) file with all of the metadata.
It supports optional DRM and was sold by Gemstar, Barnes & Noble, Powells.com, and eBookwise.
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Identification
HEX "B0 0C B0 0C" or "B0 0C F0 0D" appears at offset 0.
References and format
- https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/RB
- http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/REB1100.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_eBook
- format documentation
Sample files
Online utilities
Software
- Book Designer - create .rb files (also includes RbDisintegrator to extract files from .rb)
- Calibre - read, convert to, and convert from .rb
- rbmake
- rbmake - a book-maker for .rb files
- rbburst - extract a .rb back into its component files
- rbinfo - summarize a .rb file
- rbdump - a debug dump for a .rb file (if you need to debug the .hidx files that rbmake produced)
- RocketLibrarian 1.3.222 - converts html and txt to .rb
- eBook Librarian 2.0.244 (patch sometimes needed for an unregistered Rocket eBook) (additional info)
- GEB eBook Librarian - create and view .rb (also rebranded as eBookwise Librarian) (additional info)
- RB2Project - convert a .rb to either HTML markup for import into eBook Publisher or directly to a .imp file
- Filestar* - convert to and from .rb
