IMP (Electronic publishing)

File Format
Name	IMP (Electronic publishing)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Electronic Publishing formats IMP (Electronic publishing)
Extension(s)	.imp
MIME Type(s)	application/x-softbook
Wikidata ID	Q105857840,Q105857748,Q105858092

IMP is a device-specific format of OEB for various successors of the Rocket eBook. It supports 2 different layouts: Color Full VGA & Grayscale Half-VGA

IMP Compatible Devices

• Color Full VGA - ETI-1, REB 1200, GEB 2150
• Grayscale Half-VGA - ETI-2, eBookwise-1150, GEB 1150

Identification

• 0100424F4F4B444F5547 ("1" 0x00 "BOOKDOUG") - created by Softbook Publisher 1.0 (very rare)
• 0200424F4F4B444F5547 ('2" 0x00 "BOOKDOUG") - created by eBook Publisher v2+ / Softbook Publisher 1.5 (current)

References and format

• https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/IMP
• IMP format specification
• Create a photo album in IMP format
• MobileRead IMP forum

Software

• IMP Software
• IMP conversion information
• Softbook Personal Publisher (Mirror)