Rocket eBook
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* http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/REB1100.htm | * http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/REB1100.htm | ||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_eBook | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_eBook | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20011216210300/https://www.knowbetter.com/ebook/rocket_ebook_faq.htm Rocket eBook FAQ] | ||
* [https://rbmake.sourceforge.io/rb_format.html format documentation] | * [https://rbmake.sourceforge.io/rb_format.html format documentation] | ||
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* [https://filestar.com/skills/rb Filestar*] - convert to and from .rb | * [https://filestar.com/skills/rb Filestar*] - convert to and from .rb | ||
* [https://www.logipole.com/formats-e-en.htm Konvertor] - convert to and from .rb | * [https://www.logipole.com/formats-e-en.htm Konvertor] - convert to and from .rb | ||
| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20011212072932/http://www.shinui.com/Innovate/Merlin/merlin.html Merlin] ([http://jimblog.me/wp-content/uploads/filebase/ebooks/rocket_reb/utilites/Merlin.zip download]) - RocketLibrarian replacement / Rocket SDK in Java for Windows/Unix | ||
* [http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/rebhack305.zip rebhack] - documentation on encrypted .rb format plus possibly help decrypt such files | * [http://www.chromakinetics.com/REB1200/rebhack305.zip rebhack] - documentation on encrypted .rb format plus possibly help decrypt such files | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 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
- 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
- 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
- Konvertor - convert to and from .rb
- Merlin (download) - RocketLibrarian replacement / Rocket SDK in Java for Windows/Unix
- rebhack - documentation on encrypted .rb format plus possibly help decrypt such files
