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== See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Accessible publishing]] | ||
| + | * [[Book scanning]] | ||
| + | * [[Blook]] | ||
| + | * [[Cell phone novel]] | ||
| + | * [[Digital library]] | ||
* [[Electronic document]] | * [[Electronic document]] | ||
| + | * [[Flexible electronics]] | ||
| + | * [[LaTeX]] | ||
| + | * [[List of digital library projects]] | ||
| + | * [[Networked book]] | ||
| + | * [[Online book]] | ||
| + | * [[TeX]] | ||
| + | * [[Tablet computer]] | ||
| + | * [[Web fiction]] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:07, 28 April 2016
As a generic term, an electronic book (variously: e-book, eBook, e-Book, ebook, digital book or e-edition, digital book) is a book-publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices.
Description
Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed book", many e-books exist without any printed equivalent.
Commercially produced and sold e-books are usually intended to be read on dedicated e-readers.
However, almost any sophisticated electronic device that features a controllable viewing screen, including computers, tablets and smartphones can also be used to read e-books.
E-book reading is increasing in the US; by 2014 28% of adults had read an e-book, compared to 23% in 2013. This is increasing because 50% of American adults by 2014 had a dedicated device, either an e-reader or a tablet, compared to 30% owning such a device by the end of 2013.
See also
- Accessible publishing
- Book scanning
- Blook
- Cell phone novel
- Digital library
- Electronic document
- Flexible electronics
- LaTeX
- List of digital library projects
- Networked book
- Online book
- TeX
- Tablet computer
- Web fiction
External links
- E-book @ Wikipedia
