diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/__init__.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/__init__.py
index 5e51a807e9..8c4f45337f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ FORMATS = {
     'PNRdPPrs' : eReader,
 }
 
+IDENTITY_TO_NAME = {
+    'PNPdPPrs' : 'eReader',
+    'PNRdPPrs' : 'eReader',
+}
+
 class PDBError(Exception):
     pass
     
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/pmlconverter.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/pmlconverter.py
index a85f1c84ac..454510f699 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/pmlconverter.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/pmlconverter.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ PML_HTML_RULES = [
     (re.compile('\\\\q="(?P<target>#.+?)"(?P<text>)\\\\q', re.DOTALL), lambda match: '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (match.group('target'), match.group('text'))),
     (re.compile('\\\\Q="(?P<target>.+?)"'), lambda match: '<div id="%s"></div>' % match.group('target')),
     (re.compile('\\\\-'), lambda match: ''),
-    # Todo: Footnotes need link.
     (re.compile('\\\\Fn="(?P<target>.+?)"(?P<text>.+?)\\\\Fn'), lambda match: '<a href="#footnote-%s">%s</a>' % (match.group('target'), match.group('text'))),
     (re.compile('\\\\Sd="(?P<target>.+?)"(?P<text>.+?)\\\\Sd'), lambda match: '<a href="#sidebar-%s">%s</a>' % (match.group('target'), match.group('text'))),
     (re.compile('\\\\I'), lambda match: ''),
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/reader.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/reader.py
index 6883649921..9354787447 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/reader.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ereader/reader.py
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ class HeaderRecord(object):
 
         # Can't tell which is sidebar and footnote if they have same offset.
         # They don't exist if offset is larget than last_record.
+        # Todo: Determine if the subtraction is necessary and find out
+        # what _rec means.
         self.num_footnote_pages = self.sidebar_offset - self.footnote_offset if self.footnote_offset < self.last_data_offset else 0 
         self.num_sidebar_pages = self.sidebar_offset - self.last_data_offset if self.footnote_offset < self.last_data_offset else 0
         
 
 class Reader(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, header, stream):
+    def __init__(self, header, stream, log):
         raw = stream.read()
 
         self.sections = []
@@ -169,9 +171,9 @@ class Reader(object):
                 with open(name, 'wb') as imgf:
                     imgf.write(img)
             
-        self.create_opf(output_dir, images)
+        opf_path = self.create_opf(output_dir, images)
             
-        return os.path.join(output_dir, 'metadata.opf')
+        return opf_path
         
     def create_opf(self, output_dir, images):
         mi = MetaInformation(None, None)
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ class Reader(object):
             opf.create_spine(['index.html'])
             with open('metadata.opf', 'wb') as opffile:
                 opf.render(opffile)
+                
+        return os.path.join(output_dir, 'metadata.opf')
         
     def dump_pml(self):
         pml = ''
@@ -197,3 +201,8 @@ class Reader(object):
         
         return pml
         
+        
+class EreaderMetadata(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, record):
+        pass
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
index 47125f28ab..d64e2aa51b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/input.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import os
 
 from calibre.customize.conversion import InputFormatPlugin
 from calibre.ebooks.pdb.header import PdbHeader
-from calibre.ebooks.pdb import PDBError, get_reader
+from calibre.ebooks.pdb import PDBError, IDENTITY_TO_NAME, get_reader
 
 class PDBInput(InputFormatPlugin):
 
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ class PDBInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         Reader = get_reader(header.ident)
         
         if Reader is None:
-            raise PDBError('Unknown format identity is %s' % header.identity)
+            raise PDBError('Unknown format in pdb file. Identity is %s' % header.identity)
+
+        log.debug('Detected ebook format as: %s with identity: %s' % (IDENTITY_TO_NAME[header.ident], header.ident))
             
-        reader = Reader(header, stream)
+        reader = Reader(header, stream, log)
         opf = reader.extract_content(os.getcwd())
         
         return opf