Rocket eBook
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010620213816/http://www.rocket-ebook.com/eRocket/erktdinstall.exe eRocket] - Rocket eBook simulator/reader for Windows | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010620213816/http://www.rocket-ebook.com/eRocket/erktdinstall.exe eRocket] - Rocket eBook simulator/reader for Windows | ||
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20040317201510/http://www.ebooksfrance.com/index.php?page=eRocketPlus&racine=Logiciels eRocket++] - patches eRocket memory from 4MB to 48MB | ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20040317201510/http://www.ebooksfrance.com/index.php?page=eRocketPlus&racine=Logiciels eRocket++] - patches eRocket memory from 4MB to 48MB | ||
| + | ** [http://jimblog.me/wp-content/uploads/filebase/ebooks/rocket_reb/soft/-%20Rocket%20eBook%20%28ru%29.zip erRussify] - patches eRocket to let Russian books be read and enable hidden 'Configuration' menu that can change memory size ([https://web.archive.org/web/20121105035042/http://www.the-ebook.org/?p=47 more info]) | ||
* [http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/rlibrarian13222.exe RocketLibrarian 1.3.222] - converts html and txt to .rb | * [http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/rlibrarian13222.exe RocketLibrarian 1.3.222] - converts html and txt to .rb | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523150750/http://jim.pp.ru:80/alter/files/elibrarian20244.exe eBook Librarian 2.0.244] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20060907012710/http://jim.pp.ru:80/alter/files/elibrarian20224_patch.zip patch sometimes needed for an unregistered Rocket eBook]) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20021113050431/http://www.rocket-ebook.com/Readers/Software/index.html additional info]) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523150750/http://jim.pp.ru:80/alter/files/elibrarian20244.exe eBook Librarian 2.0.244] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20060907012710/http://jim.pp.ru:80/alter/files/elibrarian20224_patch.zip patch sometimes needed for an unregistered Rocket eBook]) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20021113050431/http://www.rocket-ebook.com/Readers/Software/index.html additional info]) | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 1 October 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
- Rocket eBook FAQ
- Russian Rocket eBook forum
- 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)
- eRocket - Rocket eBook simulator/reader for Windows
- 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)
- PDFRead - convert PDF, DjVu, and TIFF to .rb
- RocketPublisher (download) - create and extract .rb
- RBextract/RB Extract - extract component files of a .rb
- RB2Project - convert a .rb to either HTML markup for import into eBook Publisher or directly to a .imp file
- RB-Info - info on .rb file (GUI, not to be confused with command-line rbinfo that is part of rbmake)
- Filestar* - convert to and from .rb
- Konvertor - convert to and from .rb
- Merlin (download) - RocketLibrarian replacement / Rocket SDK in Java for Windows/Unix
- Haruspice - browse dictionaries in .rb format
- rebhack - documentation on encrypted .rb format plus possibly help decrypt such files
