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What is an E-Book?

An e-book, also known as an electronic book or digital book, is "an electronic version of a printed book."

An e-book can exist without any printed equivalent.

What is an E-Reader?

An e-reader, also known as an electronic reader, is "a device or application to facilitate or enhance the reading of electronic material."

Welcome to the Drake Library's E-BOOK GUIDE

This guide will help you to search, find, and download electronic books. It will also direct you to information about e-reader software, audio books, uploading e-books to e-readers, and the e-readers available at the library.

Over 70,000 e-books are available in the Drake Library catalog, and more are added frequently.

You can read e-books on most devices, such as computers, laptops, tables, e-readers, and smart phones. The number of pages that can be printed, copied, or downloaded vary.

At Amazon.com the number of e-books outsold the number of hardcopy books in 2011.  Reading platforms may be changing, yet people are still reading and comprehending that information.

Critics and advocates of digital books have been engaged in the ultimate debate about the future of reading.

As technology continues to become a part of our everyday lives, do you think that e-books will eventually replace paper books?