- An electronic book or ebook is a text and image-based publication in digital form.
- $519.48 anually – what you’d spend on ebooks if you bought one per week at $9.99.
- E-books are usually read on dedicated hardware devices known as e-Readers or e-book devices.
- 114 million pounds (51.6 million kg) of merchandise shipped by Ingram in 2009
- 66 percent of U.S. public libraries offer eBooks
- PC's and some cell phones can also be used to read e-books.
- There are over 2,000,000 free books available for download.
- Nine percent of the American adult population bought at least one e-book in 2009.
- American Libraries began providing free e-books to the public in 1998 through their websites.
- In 2010, Amazon releases the Kindle DX International Edition worldwide.
- In 2010, online bookseller Amazon.com sold 140 e-books for every 100 hardcover books.
- The American Publishing Association estimated e-books represented 8.5 percent of sales as of mid-2010.
- While an e-book reader costs much more than one book, the electronic texts are generally cheaper.
- Some e-books are produced simultaneously with the production of a printed format.
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