What Is An eBook?

What is an eBook?  With the explosion of ereading devices like the iPad, Kindle and Nook, this is a question that a lot of people are asking.

eBooks look a lot like print books. While some typographical features found in print aren't possible with the current generation of eReaders, most of the formatting you find in print is possible in eBooks.

Things like paragraphs, headings and lists generally work exactly as they would in print. Some eBook conversion companies, like Publish Green support more advanced formatting features such as hyperlinked footnotes and images that scale in proportion to the eReader's screen size.