An eBook is an Electronic Book, an entire book published in electronic form
that can be viewed on a computer or laptop, Pocket PC, Tablet PC, Palm OS
device, Symbian OS device, and other handheld. devices. There are thousands of
eBooks on every subject, novels, travel, how-to, entertainment, science, technical. You can buy
over the Internet, pay significantly less than for a paper edition, and start
reading it today. Reading software is free:
Adobe Reader®,
Microsoft Reader®.
EBooks are searchable, light to travel with, and fun to read - even in the dark - or to
listen to - they can talk!
Technical and scientific eBooks are often professionally typeset with tools such
as LaTeX and formatted in
PDF - the
de-facto standard for electronic document management. They offer book quality
and readability, live links, internal cross-references, color figures and
images, and media, as well as mathematical equations fully typeset in compliance
with the standards established by the
International Organization for Standardization and
recommended by the American
Mathematical Society.
EBooks are changing the way authors write technical and scientific literature. Traditional authors are required to include only relevant material. With eBooks, using links, it is now possible for the first time to include advanced, even encyclopedic material, computer code, or reference and ancillary material without upsetting the normal flow of the subject. The experience of reading an eBook is very different from reading printing material.
Unlike web pages, eBooks offer unity and integrity of content, clear boundaries, and a clear notion of substance, quality and organization of the information. Modern eBooks have all the live features that one finds in web pages, and are free from advertising.
Note. Not all devices work with all eBooks. Before buying make sure that a reader is available for your device.