EBOOK ISLAMI

Novel Ayat-ayat Cinta


Agama dan Kebahagiaan

Al-Qur'an dan Rahasia Angka

Bagaimana Menyentuh Hati Abbas As-Sisi

Belajar Bahasa Arab

DIALOG SANTAI

Fiqh Al-Sirah 1

Imam Mahdi

ESQ POWER1

Fiqhus Sunnah Jilid 1

ILMU TAFSIR

Kayfiatu Dakwah

Keutamaan Membaca dan Mengkaji Al-Quran

Jual Beli

KENDURI ARWAH

Kisah-Kisah Tentang Kabah

Mengenal Diri - 7 Lapisan Nafsu

Kumpulan Doa

Mengkafirkan Diri Tanpa Sadar

Madilog Tan Malaka

Mengungkap Rahasia Al-Quran

Perjalanan Menuju Allah

RAHASIA KALIMAT TAUHID

Pelajaran Tajwid

Potret Sholat Jamaah dalam Kehidupan Salaf

Pedoman Daurah Al-Quran Belajar Tajwid

Doa dan Dzikir Ketika Sholat

SUMBER SURGAWEB

Early e-books were generally written for specialty areas and a limited audience, meant to be read only by small and devoted interest groups. The scope of the subject matter of these e-books included technical manuals for hardware, manufacturing techniques, and other subjects.

Numerous e-book formats emerged and proliferated, some supported by major software companies such as Adobe's PDF format, and others supported by independent and open-source programmers. Multiple readers naturally followed multiple formats, most of them specializing in only one format, and thereby fragmenting the e-book market even more. Due to exclusiveness and limited readerships of e-books, the fractured market of independents and specialty authors lacked consensus regarding a standard for packaging and selling e-books. E-books continued to gain in their own underground markets. Many e-book publishers began distributing books that were in the public domain. At the same time, authors with books that were not accepted by publishers offered their works online so they could be seen by others. Unofficial (and occasionally unauthorized) catalogs of books became available over the web, and sites devoted to e-books began disseminating information about e-books to the public.

As of 2008, new marketing models for e-books are being developed, formats are beginning to homogenize, and dedicated reading hardware has been produced. E-books have achieved global distribution, and electronics manufacturers are releasing more e-book readers for general consumer use, such as Amazon's Kindle model or Sony's PRS-500. E-books have seen tremendous market growth in Japan throughout the 2000s and currently has an e-book market worth ¥10 billion.

An eBook is an electronic version of a traditional print book that can be read by using a personal computer or by using an eBook reader. (An eBook reader can be a software application for use on a computer, such as Microsoft's free Reader application, or a book-sized computer that is used solely as a reading device, such as Nuvomedia's Rocket eBook.) Users can purchase an eBook on diskette or CD, but the most popular method of getting an eBook is to purchase a downloadable file of the eBook (or other reading material) from a Web site (such as Barnes and Noble) to be read from the user's computer or reading device. Generally, an eBook can be downloaded in five minutes or less.

Although it is not necessary to use a reader application or device in order to read an Ebook (most books can be read as PDF files), they are popular because they enable options similar to those of a paper book - readers can bookmark pages, make notes, highlight passages, and save selected text. In addition to these familiar possibilities, eBook readers also include built-in dictionaries, and alterable font sizes and styles. Typically, an eBook reader hand-held device weighs from about twenty-two ounces to three or four pounds and can store from four thousand to over half a million pages of text and graphics. A popular feature is its back-lit screen (which makes reading in the dark possible).

Some eBooks can be downloaded for free or at reduced cost, however, prices for many eBooks - especially bestsellers - are similar to those of hardcover books, and are sometimes higher. Most eBooks at Barnes and Noble, for example, are comparable in price to their traditional print versions.