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Brief Look into eBook History and Use

With the invention of the Internet sharing files and information became a thing of everyday life. However, while the Internet started to be released commercially in the late 1980’s, the digitalization of documents began in the early 1970’s. Michael Hart began Project Gutenberg when he digitized the Declaration of Independence. After getting access to a Xerox Sigma V computer, he wanted to share the privilege he had been granted, and decided to make the 10,000 most referred to books available to the public as cheaply as possible. If you visit the website for Project Gutenberg today, it claims to have a collection of 56,000 free eBooks for downloading.

Along side Project Gutenberg, there have been thousands of other websites that have emerged to make eBooks accessible to whoever is looking for them, either for free or for a fee.

eBooks are available in various formats to suit a number of devices like:

EPUB, an open format preferred by most mobile readers
AZW, formatted for the Amazon Kindle
LIT, formatted for Microsoft Reader
And PDF, ODF and MOBI, all open format files for mobile use.

This is important because we have grown accustomed to having information readily available.

Since eBooks have become more popular and available to the public there has been speculation that it would bring about the end of print. Big name companies started to market devices that were specifically for eBooks, and for people who were looking to lighten the amount of weight they carried, if print books were part of their everyday life. For a long time, eBooks were thought to be the next format of literature, however eBooks have been riddled with many legal issues, mainly having to do with copyright infringement and fee fixing by big companies.

Use of eBooks

For personal and business use, however, many still handle and store information in print. A practice that could potentially cause a lot of clutter and take up valuable space that could otherwise be used for more company growth. Scanning all the important documents and converting them into a digitized format that are easier to navigate and store is efficient. EBook formatted documents take up less space on your computer than PDF’s. In the long run eBooks may not end print, but for some, having the ability to have information in eBook format to provide to their customers and employees is incredibly beneficial and efficient. It also reduces company expenses.

eBooks have also facilitated publishing for some. Writers that may just want to publish a novel, but haven’t been lucky enough to have something picked up or don’t want to deal with the hassle, self-publishing is very tempting. Along with the satisfaction of seeing something you’ve worked really hard on finally published, it can also be an additional source of income for the writer.

There are a few things that have to settled on first:

Writer’s branding
Finding a good market to sell the books
And finally, deciding what the best format is.

While many figure out the process on their own, it could be more beneficial to have a little help that could make the whole process go smoother.

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Brief Look into eBook History and Use - 3Alpha Outsourcing Services

eBooks are available in various formats to suit a number of devices like:

Use of eBooks

There are a few things that have to settled on first:

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