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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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- 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.