| Books have gone through a rapid transition from | | | | an area where e-books really shine. You can |
| placing a mail order using a catalog, to ordering | | | | quickly change the type size, screen brightness, or |
| Online, to now having the book being an instant | | | | e-books can even be used with text-to-speech |
| download to your computer for reading on the | | | | software. |
| screen or printed out on your home printer. One | | | | Some other attractive features come to mind: |
| of the hottest topics in the library and book world | | | | -You can buy an e-book without leaving home, |
| today is e-books. Hard cover books and the | | | | from your personal computer. |
| newer e-books both have a place in our lives. | | | | - Instant download after buying, to read, save on |
| An e-book is the same as a hard copy book, only | | | | your hard disk, or print. |
| you read it on your computer screen, or you can | | | | - Text can be searched. |
| print it, and then just read it as normal hard copy. | | | | - Takes up little space. |
| Our younger kids like to read inexpensive e-book | | | | - Low cost. |
| stories on the computer screen. We prefer our | | | | - Does not wear over time. |
| reading on hard copy printouts. We make printed | | | | The average reader might simply want to read |
| copies of all our e-books, and we keep all our | | | | books, and the Adobe format mentioned above is |
| e-books on CD too. | | | | quite adequate for most readers using a standard |
| In most cases, an e-book quickly downloads to | | | | desktop or notebook computer. For the more |
| your computer in the popular Adobe Portable | | | | advanced e-book reader, there is a myriad of |
| Document Format, or PDF. The Adobe Reader, if | | | | e-book formats, some using dedicated handheld |
| not already installed on your computer, is a free | | | | reading devices. Their features include, portability, |
| download. | | | | replicating page turning, integrating multimedia |
| Stephen King brought e-books to the attention of | | | | contents such as video, audio, animation and |
| the world by distributing his novel, Riding the | | | | images, and even more. For some readers, the |
| Bullet, exclusively in e-book form. In the first 24 | | | | advancing reader technology is as exciting as the |
| hours of availability, 400,000 copies were | | | | e-book's contents. |
| downloaded - more than any other book in any | | | | If the e-book evolution has passed you by, now |
| format! A quick scan of any of the e-Library sites | | | | is the time to catch up. There has never been a |
| will leave you in awe. From old classics like | | | | better time, with so many free and paid e-books |
| Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, to favorites like | | | | available from so many sources. If you are a |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, | | | | reader, you are only a click away from obtaining |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark | | | | that special book you have been looking for. If |
| Twain, right up to the most recently written | | | | you are a writer, you are only a click away from |
| novels, romance, how-to, and scientific books. The | | | | producing an e-book. An exciting e-book |
| list of categories will leave you breathless. | | | | experience is in store for you. |
| If your eyesight is not what it used to be, here is | | | | |