What is an Ebook?

The term eBook has several definitions. In many cases, an eBook is an electronic version of a previously published and printed book. Usually one can download an eBook using free programs like Adobe Reader. Or one can purchase a CD or DVD copy to be downloaded. The book can then be read off a computer screen, a laptop, eBook readers, or palm pilots and organizers. Some computers offer programs to make reading eBooks more like reading a book. They feature the ability to “turn pages,” as one would with a regular book.

Not all eBooks are free. Some libraries, particularly college libraries, offer free access to numerous texts. In general, contemporary popular novels or popular works of non-fiction need to be purchased, and are widely available from companies like Amazon.com. eBooks are also not necessarily in the public domain. One may gain access to reading them, but must still use citation methods if quoting them, or may need to ask the author if the book can be cited or reproduced.

Sometimes an eBook is written specifically for the Internet, and may contain helpful features like word or subject searches, and hyperlinks to other sites, or other sections of the eBook. In fact some authors have found the eBook to be the perfect way to self-publish. They cut out the middlemen like agents and publishers, and can offer their novels or non-fiction for a small fee to interested readers.

There are, however, eBook publishers who market to beginning writers and do take a share of the writer’s profits, sometimes a large share. Such publishers may seriously enhance the amount of available fiction, or they may ask for upfront fees from the writer, akin to the many Vanity presses that will publish one’s book for a price. Usually advertisement is left up to the author.

Occasionally, a well-adapted eBook from a print source may also include search features, or may include hyperlinks. As well, some fledgling authors may publish their work without charging for downloads. When this is the case it is highly advisable that authors copyright their work prior to offering it, since theft of original work remains a problem on the Internet.

An eBook is an electronic book, one you read digitally on your computer, laptop screen or on devices called ebook readers.

You will find them in various formats and until the industry has a standard accessible in all devices these various formats will exist.

PDF format is a popular format for ebooks. All platforms are able to gain access and read PDF formatting. So regardless if you have a PC or Mac, you are in business! PDF requires the Acrobat Reader but this software comes on many new computers and if not included, it's a free downloaded from Adobe http://www.adobe.com. There are still many who prefer printing out the pages of an ebook to read and PDF files have always been good for this purpose. Visit the IRS online and you will see every tax form they have available on PDF to print, fill out and send.

Other popular formats include:
HTML (which can be read on your computer screen, laptop or converted to read on the previously manufactured Nuvomedia Rocket eBook reader)
Microsoft LIT (requires the free Microsoft Reader installed on your computer, laptop or Pocket PC 2002 device)
PalmOS
Hiebook - KML - For the newest eBook reader available. This unit is manufactured in Korea and there is limited distribution in the US and Canada

So, why would you want an ebook? As you discover this new industry with your surfing over the Internet, you will discover ePublishers and eBookstores gradually growing in numbers. Take a look at what they offer and what they have to say about their authors and titles. Thousands upon thousands of authors write books yearly. Of those, a small percentage have the good fortune of being accepted by a publisher. This is not because they don't make the grade, but because of the vast numbers.

The Internet is a wide open medium. Excellent, talented authors can take their books to the Net, market/promote and sell those books themselves. Others are coming to the growing epublishing houses and taking that route. It is guaranteed as you journey through the epublishing world, you are going to find outstanding, spell-binding, and top-class works, which are well worth the read.

Will ebooks replace printed books? I sure hope not, at least not in my lifetime. Being a writer and avid reader for years, I am one who finds the feel and smell of a book part of the whole experience of reading. Everything I write is still with pen and paper initially and although double the work (almost) to type it into the computer, I can create only with that pen in hand.

Yet I also embrace progress and anticipate the future with excitement. Our children are the ones who will comfortably slide into this world. Already they are at ease working on computers, doing research for homework, writing papers, let alone just surfing the Internet. Imagine a child having just one e-reader to carry to school where all the text books they need are stored within that one unit. No more backpacks or bookbags to lug around, be left on the bus or lost somewhere between school and home. Once the e-readers' price drops to $50 and the kids start showing up with them, it will become the cool thing to have. Five years ago you didn't see numerous people with cell phones and now it is common place. In time you will see these from the grade schools all through college.

So, why would you want an ebook? To experience a new wave of the future, to discover new and exciting authors and their stories/subjects, to embrace what lies around the next corner and be a part of its unfolding.

Definition: An eBook is an online version of a book. Usually much shorter in the number of pages when compared to a traditional printed and bound book, eBooks are still useful as they can contain bookmarks that make it easy to jump to specific sections, they may contain colurful illustrations, they can contain active links to websites and you can print only the pages you want.

Since eBooks can be published for a fraction of the cost of publishing a traditional book they are typically far less expensive to buy than a bound book. In many cases, eBooks are offered free as a form of business promotion.

Most ebooks that are available on websites are published in PDF format. PDF format is very popular because Adobe Reader and other software that provides the ability to open PDF documents is now typically included on every computer sold and PDF's can easily be read on both Windows PCs and Macs. PDF eBooks therefore make it easy to open and read the material without needing to download any software or have any special hardware, such as an eBook reader.

Many readers find eBooks to be more convenient than bound books, especially for information that changes frequently. The time to publish eBooks can be as little as a few minutes once the content is properly formatted. Therfore, eBook publishers can distribute updated versions easily and inexpensively.

An electronic book, or Ebook, is a document that can be downloaded from a website or stored on a CD, DVD or hard disc and read on a computer screen.

Once you have purchased your Ebook, you will receive a link address where you will be able to access your book. You can also print out your book if you have a printer.

Our eBooks are created in PDF form (Portable Document Format ). This is a file format created by Adobe that allows documents to be distributed over networks or discs without changing the appearance of the original. In order to read your Ebook you will need the Adobe Reader programme or another PDF reader.

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