What is e-book?

For the second half of the semester, I will be blogging about e-book that is one of technology tools can be used for educational world more effectively. E-book or ebook or digital book is shortly said of an electronic book. The easy way to understand the meaning of e-book is to write it as a formula as e-book = electronic + book. There are many definitions available of e-book, for examples:

1. E-book is a book whose contents are in an eletronic format.

2. E-book is a small, portable device onto which the contents of a book in eletronic format can be downloaded and read.

3. E-book is a portable electronic device with a video screen, for reading such text.

4. E-book is an electronic version of a traditional print book that can be read by using a personal computer or by using an e-book reader.

5. E-book is a text- and image-based publication in digital form produced on, published by, and readable on computer or other digital devices.

To summarize, the term of e-book is used to refer to either a written work in a digital format, or a hardware device used to read books in digital format. However, the second meaning is disapproved by some users. They think it is accurate to use e-book device insted.

Ref: http://www.yourdictionary.com/e-book

http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/ebook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book