50 benefits of ebooks : a thinking person's introduction to the digital reading revolution where ebooks are low-cost or free : (where ebooks are low-cost or free)

50 Benefits of Ebooks is a lively introduction to the brave new worlds of ebooks and electronic publishing. In 21 chapters, the book explores five essential aspects of ebook reading and publishing: A. Benefits of Ebooks and Paper Books; B. Reading Ebooks; C. Ebooks for Authors and Publishers; D. The Value of Reading; and E. The Education of an Ebooklover. Ebook newcomers will find the basics here. And ebook professionals can debate and debunk the author's wild predictions for the rosy and thorny future of ebooks, by reading the essay, "Publishing Ebooks: Ten Tremendous Trends in 2009." Pastore writes that he loves paper books, and hopes that they are never completely repleaced by their electronic progeny. Nevertheless, every day, ebooks are growing in use, in sales, and in significance. After years of sputtering, the digital reading revolution has at last arrived. 50 Benefits of Ebooks is your friendly guide. Focuses on three areas : the new, useful and most interesting aspects of the ebook experience, the free (and approaching low-cost) ebooks that might inspire a genuine publishing revolution, and how reading good books (whether made of paper or of bytes) might transform our culture and our personal lives. From publisher description Ebooks are books comprised of digitized text, designed to be read on computer screens, ebook reading devices, or portable handheld devices. Like a paper book, an ebook as two main functions: to communicate information and to store information.