ebook

Also known as electronic book, digital book, e-book, E-book

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An ebook is a book in digital format that you read on electronic devices like e-readers, tablets, or computers instead of on printed paper. Ebooks matter because they make books more accessible and convenient—you can carry thousands of them instantly on a single device and purchase them immediately online without visiting a store.

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Commons category: Electronic books
start time: 1971-00-00
Stack Exchange site URL: ebooks.stackexchange.com
exact match: schema.org/EBook
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Terminology
History
''The Readies'' (1930)
Inventor
Roberto Busa (1946–1970)
Ángela Ruiz Robles (1949)
Douglas Engelbart and Andries van Dam (1960s)
Michael S. Hart (1971)
Early hardware implementations
E-book formats
Libraries
Challenges
Archival storage
Dedicated hardware readers and mobile software
Applications
Timeline
Before the 1980s
1980s and 1990s
2000s
2010s
Formats
Digital rights management
Production
Reading data
Comparison to printed books
Advantages
Disadvantages
Market share
United States
Canada
Spain
UK
Germany
Brazil
China
Public domain books
vBook
See also
References
External links

thumb|Reading an e-book (A Dance with Dragons) on a third-generation Kindle

An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed book", some e-books exist without a printed equivalent. E-books can be read on dedicated e-reader devices, also on any computer device that features a controllable viewing screen, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones.