What's an e-book?

[Guest]

I feel comfortable asking newbie questions here, because you're all so friendly and supportive.

Is an e-book a book that has been transcribed from paper to online? Or is an e-book a book that has been specifically written online, and can only be accessed online? What is the purpose of e-books? Are e-books free? Do you have to pay first in order to read them? How does it work?

I've been reading an online book lately called The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles. Is that an e-book? It's free, in fact I printed it out into hard copy. No one asked me for money. Is that normal?

I've also been reading Benjamin Franklin's autobiography online--again, it's free. Is that considered an e-book?

So I'm wondering what exactly e-books are. I appreciate people sharing and educating me about this.

Thanks!

--Emit-Flesti

[flensborg]

[Lynn Terry]

[Guest]

[flensborg]

[Tam]

[Guest]

Thank you both for your input!

To be honest, this is a bit more info than I needed at the moment, but I'll save this to come back and look at again later when I have more questions.

Thanks,

--Emit

[Guest]

Talking about eBooks ...

I just found an interesting site .. little known it seems.

Anyway, a friend pointed me in that direction because
they have a free downloadable program that creates
an ebook library on your PC.

The site is ... {link removed by moderator}
Click on the 'ebooks' link on main page.

If you have as many ebooks as I do .. you NEED this
free software. LOL

"GuestWalker"

[Lynn Terry]