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What are e-books?
e-Books, or electronic books, to give them their
full title, are the virtual equivalent of physical books. e-Books
can be downloaded over the internet, or sent via email, direct to your
computer. e-Books have many advantages over conventional books
including:
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e-Books are compact, convenient, and
portable.
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e-Books empower you with control over the
look and feel of your e-Book with powerful features such as digital
notes, dynamic display settings, search, and text-to-speech.
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e-Books provide a great hope for the
environment by saving millions of trees that are destroyed every
year for paper books.
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e-Books are infinitely more portable than
paper books when carried with you on a PDA.
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You save money with no shipping costs and
the lowest prices.
There are various formats in which e-Books can be
presented. The information below will help you to decide which
format is best for you, depending on your hardware (PC or PDA etc) and
whether you require any other features, such as text-to-speech.
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Adobe Reader |
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Platform: Windows PC, Macintosh, Palm |
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Features: Cross-platform
compatibility, printable, single or double page view |
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Download here:
Adobe Reader |
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Adobe Reader e-Books can be used with
Macintosh and Windows computers, as well as Palm PDA's. Page
navigation, multiple viewing options, bookmarks, and search
features are included. Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is
the open de facto standard for electronic distribution
worldwide. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed,
navigated, and printed (if allowed by the publisher). |
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Microsoft Reader |
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Platform: Windows PC, Pocket PC |
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Features: ClearType Display
Technology, book-like reading environment, bookmarks and
annotations |
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Download here:
Microsoft Reader |
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Microsoft Reader e-Books are compatible with
all Windows operating systems for both desktop and laptop
computers, as well as Pocket PC handheld devices. Microsoft's
revolutionary new ClearType technology makes words on the screen
appear just like words in a printed book. Microsoft Reader's
smart navigation system remembers where you left off reading,
and includes multiple methods of page navigation, multi-coloured
bookmarks, and whole book search features. Personalize your
e-Book with multi-coloured highlighting, drawing, font sizing,
and personal notes. |
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MobiPocket Reader |
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Platform: Palm, Pocket PC, e-BookMan, Blackberry, Symbian,
any PDA, Windows PC, Windows Tablet |
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Features: Can be used on any PC or PDA, includes
bookmarks, table of contents, and more |
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Download here:
MobiPocket Reader |
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The Mobipocket Reader Format is your
Universal e-Book Reader for all PDA's and brings you a wide
range of e-Reading technologies to choose from – Palm Series
(Palm OS v2.0 and onwards), Windows CE, Pocket PC, Psion (Epoch
32), Franklin e-BookMan, as well as Windows PCs and Windows
Tablets. Backed by powerful e-Reading features, it brings a
completeness and versatility to your reading experience that is
quite unmatched. The Reader features touch-screen page turning,
book-marking to facilitate quick returns to noteworthy sections,
adjustable font size and colour, full text search – in fact all
that you need for an enriched reading experience. |
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Palm Reader |
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Platform: Palm OS, Pocket PC, Handheld PC, Windows CE,
Windows PC, Windows Tablet, Macintosh |
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Features: Can be used on Palm, Pocket PC, Windows, or Macs.
Includes bookmarks, table of contents, and more. |
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Download here:
Palm Reader |
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Palm e-Books can be read on your Palm
handheld device. Palms allow you to carry as many e-Books with
you as the memory will allow. You can select various fonts and
font sizes, and you can control how much text is on the screen
at one time. You can also jump to any section of the e-Book with
ease. Palm Reader e-Books can also be read on your Windows PC or
Windows Tablet. |
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HTML |
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Platform: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Unix, Palm, Pocket PC,
e-BookMan |
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Features: Customizable, printable, can be read with any web
browser |
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Download here: Supplied with Windows as part of Internet
Explorer. For more information please
click here. |
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No special e-Book readers or devices
required. You can enjoy HTML e-Books with the browser already
installed on your computer. Hypertext navigation - just like
what you're already used to on web pages. Clean, easy to read
text. Smaller file sizes, very easy to use. |
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Microsoft Word |
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Platform: Windows PC |
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Features: Familiar environment,
printable, customizable, resize text |
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Download here: Supplied as part of
Microsoft Office. For information please
click here. |
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For many people who are unfamiliar with
e-Books, our Microsoft Word e-Books provide e-reading in a
familiar setting - Microsoft Word. As long as you have Microsoft
Word installed on your computer, you'll need no additional
software. You can change the font size just like you would in
any other Word document, and you can also print your e-Book just
like you would any other Word document. |
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Plain Text |
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Platform: Windows PC, Macintosh,
Linux, Unix, Palm, Pocket PC, e-BookMan |
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Features: Very simple and plain, can
be read with any word processor, printable |
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Download here: Supplied with PC,
laptop, PDA etc... |
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No special reader software required. Can be
read on any type of computer using any operating system. Use
Notepad or WordPad or Microsoft Word or anything similar that's
capable of reading .txt files. |
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