Answers.Body: <p>There is an old program called TL-PDB. The original authors site seems to be <a href="http://download.enet.com.cn/" rel="nofollow">here</a> according to <a href="http://download.enet.com.cn/html/EN455462005081001.html" rel="nofollow">this site</a>, but I have some difficulty reading the original.</p>
  
  <p>You can read about it <a href="http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/tl-pdb.shtml" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://tl-pdb.en.softonic.com/palm" rel="nofollow">here</a> as well (download sites for free software seem to copy each others content).</p>
  
  <p>Calibre can generate <a href="http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#id13" rel="nofollow">PDB</a> output (not surprisingly as MOBI is a superset of PalmDoc).</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Edited my question, not a fan of the bloating Calibre provides and the inaccuracy it causes.  +1 though for the answer.
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Answers.Text: @Gramps Is it the install that bothers you, if it is the GUI that bothers you: you can do the conversion on the commandline.
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Answers.Text: @Gramps The format for PalmDoc, IIRC is not so difficult. Would you consider writing  something yourself (or at least helping to debug)?
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Answers.Text: No its the bloat and errors that bothers me with Calibre..  I hate the unnecessary bloating and splitting of content I see.  I also dislike when I'm sent a Calibre book and it has generated a single `.html` file and `.css` file for each page.  Plus Calibre doesn't produce a valid `.epub` most of the time.  I have considered writing my own and might create a tutorial for it one day but lately I've been slammed.
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Answers.Text: Calibre;s split is because some epub readers have a limit on the html size - I would like to see where it has a html file per page and where the epub is invalid
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/" rel="nofollow">Calibre</a> offers <code>.pdb</code> as both input and output <a href="http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#what-formats-does-app-support-conversion-to-from" rel="nofollow">file types</a>.  This should meet your requirements, for converting from <code>.epub</code> to <code>.pdb</code>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: LOL, so as I am writing my answer (with links) the existing answer and the question are both edited...
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Body: <p>I've seen some conversion sites that can convert <code>.epub</code> files to <code>.pdb</code> files but I was unaware of a source library or a way to convert a file locally for testing on the Nook.  So my question is: Do you know of a library or a way to convert an <code>.epub</code> file to a <code>.pdb</code> file to test on a Nook?  I would like to do this without using Calibre.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Why not use Calibre? If bugs have you reported them or ask here how to work round
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Title: How to convert .epub to .pdb for testing
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ThreadText: # How to convert .epub to .pdb for testing
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-07)
  
  I've seen some conversion sites that can convert `.epub` files to `.pdb` files but I was unaware of a source library or a way to convert a file locally for testing on the Nook. So my question is: Do you know of a library or a way to convert an `.epub` file to a `.pdb` file to test on a Nook? I would like to do this without using Calibre.
  
  **Tags:** epub, conversion, pdb
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Why not use Calibre? If bugs have you reported them or ask here how to work round  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-03-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  There is an old program called TL-PDB. The original authors site seems to be [here](http://download.enet.com.cn/) according to [this site](http://download.enet.com.cn/html/EN455462005081001.html), but I have some difficulty reading the original.
  
  You can read about it [here](http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/tl-pdb.shtml) and [here](http://tl-pdb.en.softonic.com/palm) as well (download sites for free software seem to copy each others content).
  
  Calibre can generate [PDB](http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#id13) output (not surprisingly as MOBI is a superset of PalmDoc).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Edited my question, not a fan of the bloating Calibre provides and the inaccuracy it causes.  +1 though for the answer.  
  > **username_2**: @Gramps Is it the install that bothers you, if it is the GUI that bothers you: you can do the conversion on the commandline.  
  > **username_2**: @Gramps The format for PalmDoc, IIRC is not so difficult. Would you consider writing  something yourself (or at least helping to debug)?  
  > **username_0**: No its the bloat and errors that bothers me with Calibre..  I hate the unnecessary bloating and splitting of content I see.  I also dislike when I'm sent a Calibre book and it has generated a single `.html` file and `.css` file for each page.  Plus Calibre doesn't produce a valid `.epub` most of the time.  I have considered writing my own and might create a tutorial for it one day but lately I've been slammed.  
  > **username_1**: Calibre;s split is because some epub readers have a limit on the html size - I would like to see where it has a html file per page and where the epub is invalid  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-03-07. Score: 1
  
  [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/) offers `.pdb` as both input and output [file types](http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#what-formats-does-app-support-conversion-to-from). This should meet your requirements, for converting from `.epub` to `.pdb`.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: LOL, so as I am writing my answer (with links) the existing answer and the question are both edited...  
  > **username_0**: ha ha sorry man..  thanks for the effort though  
  
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