ing and annotation. Additionally, electronic books allow for readers to look up words or find more information about the topic immediately. Material can be organized however the author prefers and is not limited to a linear path through the book as hyper-text can allow a number of paths through the material.
Moreover, a great share of electronic books are available online for free, minus the minimal costs of the electronics required. For example, all fiction from before the year 1900 is in the public domain. Printed books use 3 times more raw materials and 78 times more water to produce. Depending on possible digital rights management, electronic books can be backed up to recover them in the case of loss or damage and it may be possible to recover a new copy without cost from the distributor. Compared to printed publishing, it is cheaper and easier for authors to self-publish electronic books. Also, the dispersal of a free electronic book copy can stimulate the sales of the printed version.
If you have a PDF, this means that you already have an electronic version of your book. It seems like this should be all you need, right? Unfortunately, its not. A PDF is actually very, very different from an electronic book. A PDF is the file used to design your book for print; an electronic books main purpose, on the other hand, is to be read on an eReader. electronic books have a very different internal structure, and are meant to be manipulated. In fact, thats one of the biggest draws for people who use eReaders. PDF or a print book, the two major electronic book formats, MOBI and EPUB, are designed to allow this level of flexibility which is changing fonts, sizes, brightness. For your electronic book to take full advantage of an eReaders capabilities (and for it to b
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