Converting epub to PDF is the first step to making sure their users will not hop on to some more user-friendly publication. ![]() So, writers are ready to do everything in their power to make their fans’ reading experience hassle-free. In the vast sea of infinite possibilities, the readers will not pause to fiddle with a book in a format they can’t open. The writers’ goal is to have their work reach as many readers as possible. Versatile, easily viewable on any computing platform, compressed (original document can be much smaller when converted to PDF), this format is the most common choice for archiving, sending, sharing, printing and publishing documents.Įlectronic books are also best distributed and used in the PDF form, for the following reasons:ġ) PDFs can be opened on any device or platform. Portable Document Format is not THE universal document format by accident. PDF – developed by Adobe Suite, PDF can be opened on all computing devices. HTML – standard language for creating webpages. TXT – a plain text format developed by Notepad or Wordpad, used on PC. PRC – a MobiPocket format for PCs, smartphones and PDAs. ODF – format made for OpenOffice software. MOBI – the MobiPocket Reader format that can be used on PDAs and smartphones. Some of the most popular are:ĮPUB – designed by the Open eBook Forum and available for use on iPhone, iPad, Sony Reader, Kobo Reader, Barnes & Nobles’ Nook.ĪZV – the official Amazon Kindle format that can be opened on iPhone, Blackberry, Android phones and tablets, PC, Mac, iPad, Windows 8 tablets. Most Common E-book FormatsĮ-books most commonly come in PDF, EPUB or HTML format, though browsing through popular free e-book sharing websites we can see that there are many more of them. This makes a printed publication as we know it outdated in the face of the e-book’s interactive potential.įurthermore, e-books can be distributed much more quickly than print publications ever could, avoiding shipping costs, which makes this one of the top reasons for writers to readily accept the new reign of the digital publication. They can include videos, hyperlinks, and even audio components. ![]() E-books are digital publications that can contain all kinds of media, not just text and images. No wonder the web is full of commentary and step-by-step guides on how to publish electronic books. But whatever they do, one thing is clear: the (very near) future of publishing is in its digital form. ![]() Owners and publishers of print magazines, newspapers and books are either crossing over to the e-publishing side that promises them a brighter future, or they are trying to make printed publications more appealing in some other way – by offering free gifts, discounts, inventing disappearing ink that prompts readers to read more quickly, etc. Digital publications are a great threat to the survival of printed ones.
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