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Thursday 3 May 2007

What are ebooks?

An ebook is an electronic format of a regular book.
The only difference between a regular book and an ebook
is that ebooks are not printed on paper. Ebooks are
published in a large variety of electronic file formats
and can therefore be acquired in formats appropriate for
all hardware.

Ebooks are part of the new frontier of cyberspace.
They are an entirely new medium for sharing marketing
information, ideas, techniques, and expert knowledge.
Each day the number of people accessing the Internet
grows, causing the exposure of your ebook to increase
incrementally. It's obvious why electronic
self-publishing has become so popular so quickly.

The publishing industry, I hope, does not intend to
forever banish the printed word to the dustbin of
history. Books in print have their own special
qualities and merits, and the world would be
diminished by their disappearance.

Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks so
important and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities
and qualities that other mediums do not possess.

Ebooks can be downloaded in a matter of minutes depending
on the size of the file and your internet speed. Ebooks
come in all different sizes, depending on the length of
the book and the number of images.

Ebooks are easily and rapidly distributed online. They
are also easily updated; they do not require a second
print run. All you need is to go into your original
creation and modify the text or graphics. Because of
this flexibility, ebooks can change and grow as fast
as you can type.

Ebooks are also immediately obtainable. You don't have
to go to a bookstore or search through endless titles
at an online bookstore. All you have to do is download
it from a website, and presto. It's on your computer,
ready to be read.

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