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Thursday, April 19, 2012

What is an e-book?

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We are used to reading books holding it in our hands.  Books used to be printed on paper.  A number of printed pages bound in a volume used to be called a book.   E-book or electronic book is not the usual book we are talking about.  It is a book not to be held in your hands.  Any book that is electronically composed and that can be read on computer screen is called as e-book. An e-book can give us a lot more than a paper book.  Remember, our small computer or laptop can hold thousands of books and create a digital library of available information in itself. We can mark our page with an electronic bookmark and jump straight to it when we open the book.  Some e-books have built in dictionaries so we can click on a word and find out what it means.  Non-fiction books may come with extensive collections of references and footnotes. Don’t think e-book just contains only text, it may contain audio, visuals, animations, graphics including all the advantages of a computer.

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