Yesterday in the ICTs in Libraries class we all had a look at eBooks.......but what puzzled me was, how many or how much does people know about eBooks?? I personally call it e-reading!!!
Just a brief definition of what is an eBook:
According to Macmillan Education South Africa: eBooks are books that are available in electronic format. There are two major formats in which you can purchase ebooks: PDF and ePub. Which one should you use? This depends on how you want to use the ebooks in your classrooms – and, of course, on which device you want to use it in your classrooms. http://www.macmillan.co.za/content/questions-about-ebooks/what-are-ebooks/28 [Accessed 26 April 2017].
What makes an eBook different from a print book? few interesting facts:
- Unlike a printed book, eBook is flexible, it can be manipulated in many ways (for example, highlighting or making notes)
- Print book cannot be altered or it will be physically damaged
- But the interesting fact is that, the format of both eBook and printed book is exactly the same (page numbers and content is the same)
- On the eBook, font size can be changed by the reader as well as line spacing or margins to suit his or her eyesight and brightness or darkness can be minimized or maximized :-)
Imagine this:
By: Google Images
Download free eBooks at:
http://bookboon.com/
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html
https://archive.org/details/Gutenberg (and there's more of these websites)
HAPPY E-READING :-)
Brief yet insightful!
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