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What is an Ebook: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ebooks ...

... But Were Afraid to Ask!

What is an ebook? The definition of e-book is an electronic book. First, let me tell you what it is not, so you will understand what it is. An ebook is not something that you can hold in your hands like a traditional book. It doesn't have paper pages you can turn. An ebook is a computer file. The file is formatted to look and read like a book. It can be viewed on your computer monitor and various handheld devices or printed to your printer.

An ebook looks the same regardless of whether it is viewed on a PC or a Mac. It can be sent across a network and will look exactly the same on each computer. It can be copied to a CD or DVD, sent as an attachment via email or downloaded from the internet.

What is an ebook? You know that now, but what is its purpose? Ebook files can be taken with you anywhere you go without lugging around a bunch of heavy books. If you take your computer on a trip, you can have hundreds of ebook files on your hard drive. Or you can carry them with you on a CD or DVD.

Ebooks are less expensive to produce than traditional books because there are no printing costs. There is no inventory, only one file that gets used again and again. Perhaps the best thing about ebooks is that they can be produced quickly and easily. What this means to you is that ebooks contain cutting edge information. While the information in a traditional book (even one that was recently published) is usually one or two years old or more, the information in an ebook is current. If you're buying a book on technology or building an online business or need information on any other rapidly changing subject, it makes sense to buy an ebook rather than a traditional book.

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What is an ebook? Now you know and can explain it to a friend.



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