What is an ebook? I say it is a book which can be readable on your computer screen or mobile phone. It is actually made to read on a ebook reader like Amazon kindle.
You can also define an ebook as an electronic version of a book. But some ebooks does not have its printed version.
The concept of e-book was discovered long ago but people started to take interests in e-books in recent years.
In 1998, US libraries started providing free e-books to their members through their websites and services but still the ebooks were not available for downloading purposes. Within 4 to 5 years, they started giving ebooks for free downloading also.
In 2009, a dedicated ebook reader was produced. In 2009, United States
In 2010, Apple has introduced IPAD which is used as a multi functional device and can be used as ebook reader also.
There are many pros and cons of e-books.
People still love to read the printed versions of books. The reason might be that they are still not very comfortable to read for long hours on computer or mobile phones or tablets.
But certainly as the people will continue using these gadgets, they will become more familiar to these things.
The ebook reader generally costs much more but an ebook costs very less compared to the printed version. However the ebook reader can be taken as a bunch of books, so it becomes much cheaper.
There are bunch of free e-books available on Amazon kindle.
If you search for ebooks on google book search on your mobile, you can get all of them for free. They are usually taken from public domains and there are 1.5 million free titles available in United States
Google book search is available in a mobile interface for iphones and android phones.
You can also download free ebooks on your personal computers as there are many sites now available on google.
So enjoy this new technology as after few years it may become a trend to read books on computer or phones or tablet like Amazon Kindle or ipads.
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