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An e-book is a digital version of a printed book that can be read on computers, e-reader devices, tablets, and smartphones. E-books allow users to browse and purchase book titles online and have them delivered digitally. More e-books were being published online than in hardcover by 2012 in the US, as e-books offer lower prices and increased convenience for users. Reasons for buying e-books include lower costs, the ability to purchase from anywhere using mobile devices, and a larger selection of titles available.

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E Book

An e-book is a digital version of a printed book that can be read on computers, e-reader devices, tablets, and smartphones. E-books allow users to browse and purchase book titles online and have them delivered digitally. More e-books were being published online than in hardcover by 2012 in the US, as e-books offer lower prices and increased convenience for users. Reasons for buying e-books include lower costs, the ability to purchase from anywhere using mobile devices, and a larger selection of titles available.

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E-Book

An electronic book, also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available
in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or
other electronic devices.[1] Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed
book",[2] some e-books exist without a printed equivalent. E-books can be read on dedicated e-
readerdevices, but also on any computer device that features a controllable viewing screen,
including desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

In the 2000s, there was a trend of print and e-book sales moving to the Internet,[citation needed] where
readers buy traditional paper books and e-books on websites using e-commerce systems. With print
books, readers are increasingly browsing through images of the covers of books on publisher or
bookstore websites and selecting and ordering titles online; the paper books are then delivered to the
reader by mail or another delivery service. With e-books, users can browse through titles online, and
then when they select and order titles, the e-book can be sent to them online or the user can download
the e-book.[3] At the start of 2012 in the U.S., more e-books were published online than were distributed
in hardcover.[4]

The main reasons for people buying e-books online are possibly lower prices, increased comfort (as they
can buy from home or on the go with mobile devices) and a larger selection of titles.[5] With e-books,
"[e]lectronic bookmarks make referencing easier, and e-book readers may allow the user to annotate
pages." [6] "Although fiction and non-fiction books come in e-book formats, technical material is
especially suited for e-book delivery because it can be [electronically] searched" for keywords. In
addition, for programming books, code examples can be copied.[6] The amount of e-book reading is
increasing in the U.S.; by 2014, 28% of adults had read an e-book, compared to 23% in 2013. This is
increasing, because by 2014 50% of American adults had an e-reader or a tablet, compared to 30%
owning such devices in 2013.[7]

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