Ebook

An ebook is a book published in digital form for reading on electronic devices. It may preserve a printed book’s structure or use features such as reflowable text and hyperlinks.

EPUB: An open ebook file format that supports reflowable text, images, and navigation. Its reflowable layout lets text adapt to different ebook screens.
Amazon Kindle: Amazon’s ecosystem of ebook readers, reading software, and digital book services. It combines ebook devices, a storefront, and proprietary publishing formats.
Michael S. Hart: An American writer who founded Project Gutenberg and helped pioneer electronic text distribution. He began the project that became one of the earliest ebook libraries.
Printed book: A book whose text and images are reproduced on physical pages. It offers a fixed physical object rather than a digitally rendered edition.
PDF: A document format designed to preserve fixed page layouts across devices. Its fixed pages contrast with ebooks designed to reflow text.
Project Gutenberg: A digital library offering free editions of public-domain books. It demonstrates how ebooks make public-domain literature widely accessible.
Sony Data Discman: A portable electronic device released in the 1990s for reading reference works on discs. It was an early commercial attempt to make digital books portable.
Web page: A document presented by a web browser, usually as part of a website. Unlike most ebooks, it is commonly designed for networked, browser-based access.
Digital rights management: Technologies that control access to and use of digital content. Publishers and retailers use it to restrict copying or device access.
Self-publishing: Publication in which authors or creators release work without a traditional publishing house. Digital distribution allows authors to publish ebooks directly.

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