RB to XLSX Converter

RB to XLSX Excel conversion — free, browser-based

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Ebook Data in Excel

Extract RB ebook content and organize it into XLSX spreadsheets — the modern Excel standard with full formatting capabilities.

No Installation Needed

Open your browser, upload the RB file, pick XLSX, and download. No Excel installation required for the conversion itself.

Automatic File Purge

Uploaded RB files are erased post-conversion. XLSX downloads are automatically deleted from Convertio within 24 hours.

How to convert RB to XLSX

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose xlsx or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your xlsx file right afterwards

About formats

RB is the native ebook format of the Rocket eBook, one of the first commercially available dedicated e-reading devices, developed by NuvoMedia and released in October 1998. Founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning — who later co-founded Tesla Motors — NuvoMedia designed the Rocket eBook as a handheld device with a reflective LCD screen, capable of storing approximately ten books in its internal memory. The RB format packages HTML-based content along with embedded images, metadata, and a table of contents into a single binary container optimized for the device's limited hardware. Content was purchased and downloaded through NuvoMedia's RocketLibrarian desktop software. A notable advantage of the format was its early support for bookmarking, annotation, dictionary lookups, and adjustable font sizing — features now standard on modern e-readers but revolutionary in the late 1990s. The Rocket eBook demonstrated viable commercial demand for dedicated reading devices, paving the way for subsequent platforms from Sony, Amazon, and others. NuvoMedia was acquired by Gemstar-TV Guide International in 2000, which discontinued the device line in 2003. While RB files are largely a historical curiosity today, they can be converted to modern formats using ebook management tools, and the format remains significant as a pioneering chapter in the evolution of digital reading.
Developer: NuvoMedia
Initial release: 1998
XLSX is the default spreadsheet format for Microsoft Excel since Office 2007, based on the Office Open XML (OOXML) standard published as ECMA-376 and adopted as ISO/IEC 29500. An XLSX file is a ZIP archive containing XML documents that describe workbook structure, sheet data, styles, shared strings, formulas, charts, pivot tables, and relationships between components. Each worksheet is stored as a separate XML part where cells are organized by row and column references with typed values and style indices. The XML foundation enables programmatic spreadsheet creation and manipulation using libraries like openpyxl (Python), Apache POI (Java), and ClosedXML (.NET) without requiring Excel. XLSX dramatically expanded capacity compared to XLS: over 1 million rows and 16,384 columns per sheet, enabling use cases previously impossible in the binary format. One advantage is openness and cross-platform support — the documented OOXML specification enables implementation by LibreOffice Calc, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, and numerous specialized tools. Built-in ZIP compression is another practical strength: XLSX files are typically 50-75% smaller than equivalent XLS files, and the modular XML structure improves data recovery when files are partially corrupted. The format supports modern Excel features including structured tables, slicers, sparklines, Power Query connections, and real-time co-authoring. XLSX has become the standard format for spreadsheet data interchange across business, scientific, and government domains.
Developer: Microsoft
Initial release: January 30, 2007

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert RB to XLSX?

RB is a defunct 1998 ebook format. XLSX places your ebook content into modern Excel spreadsheets for analysis, sorting, and data work.

What programs open XLSX?

Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, Apple Numbers, and most business intelligence tools support XLSX natively.

Is XLSX better than XLS?

Yes — XLSX uses XML-based compression for smaller files, supports more rows and columns, and is the current Excel standard.

Are my files private?

Yes. Convertio removes uploaded RB files after conversion and deletes XLSX results from servers within 24 hours.

Is conversion free?

RB to XLSX is free on Convertio. Premium accounts provide batch processing and expanded file size capacity.