Why E-Books

WHY READ E-TEXTS AND E-BOOKS ?

Things are changing fast when it comes to media. Obviously, newspapers and magazines are affected by the expansion of the
Internet. TV and Radio where quick to join rather than fight the computer presense. Books are certainly joining the explosion and
we should be using and purchasing these for libary expansion. We don't always keep every book or article we read. We add the
knowledge to our repertoire and move on to the next book.

Here are some experts opinions as to why E-Books are an improved resource.

Save Money on Books

The #1 reason to take advantage of e-texts and e-books is the money you save on free or reduced-price books!

* If you're a student, many of the classics of literature you have to read in school are available for free on the Internet.
*If you're in business, many of the reference books you want are available either for free, or at a reduced price on the Internet.
* If you're an avid reader, you can choose from hundreds of thousands of books either for free or at reduced prices on the Internet.
* If you're in a specialized field, many relevant texts can be issued economically only as an e-book on the Internet.

On-line Archives

There are many on-line archives of e-texts and e-books set up by universities, non-profit organizations, associations, private companies, and others.
The archives are easy to search and the texts are simple to load to your computer.

E-books are available in various formats, which you will see on many of the sites listed below. The main three formats that you will see on pretty much all these sites are:

* PDF - This is the format you can read with the free Adobe Acrobat E-book.
* LIT - This is the format you can read with the free Microsoft E-book Reader. You may want to install in later on your own.
While PDF is the top e-book format, the Microsoft format is growing in popularity. And their reader offers the Text-To-Speech software.
* EXE - This format is what is called a stand-alone e-book. It means that your don't need a specific reader to read the book.
These e-books are made with a program that creates a frame around the electronic text that provides the basic browsing
keys needed to move through the pages and to search for specific words.

To read E-Books Online.
Many E-Books can be read online without saving them to your hard drive. To read Online just click the download link with your left mouse button.

We don't suggest to read entire e-books online but it is handy to get a general overview of an e-book before commiting it to your harddrive.

To Read E-Books Off Line.

To read an E-Book off line you first have to save the E-Book to your hard drive.To save the e-book click the download link with your right mouse button,
then select save or save as from the dropdown menu.

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Firstly we will be posting reviews and linking to the very best e-book sites we can find, this will save you a lot of time hunting for them yourself.

Secondly we are catering to independant authors who's works you are not likely to find anywhere else. If you are a writer looking to promote your
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