How do e-books work?

look here

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

Try it yourself and see.
I find ebooks to somewhat less convenient, but they take-up significantly less shelf space.
Also, I use an IBM thinkpad with a 9 hour battery as my reading device....makes my whole library portable.

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Tailbone--

Welcome to A2K.

Very interesting link--thank you.

You're welcome.
Now try this one (register for download addresses).

I hope you don't have an obsessive personality.

Re: How do e-books work?


Depends on the service, often it's just a PDF in a download area you are granted access to.



Not sure what you mean as you can buy the book if you want a hardcopy. But yes, you'd need to print if you want to go soft-hard. Note that some won't allow you to do this easily.



Or an e-book reader, the more advanced ones use "electronic paper"which doesn't have the downsides of reading on a backlit screen.



Depends on the service, some will just email you the file and provide you no online backup.



Look into the Amazon Kindle. It's the best ebook reader hardware ever paired with the best ebook service ever and comes with free hi-speed wireless access as part of the service. It's "the ipod of ebooks" and the first shot ebooks have had of going mainstream.

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA

Tailbone--

Thank you.

That link can be cherished by others--I'm a sharing sort of soul.

Hi, I'm looking for an e-reader for my elderly Grandmother as she can't hold the weight of a heavy large print book any more. I live a considerable way from her though and would like to get to know some easy ways of getting e-books to her. Can I download with my pc onto a usb stick and post to her? Realistically is it easy to fathom reading from the usb with no help? Can you download books fairly cheeply? Any help and I'd be grateful, thanks.
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