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For example, an ebook, audiobook, paperback, and hardcover edition of the same book must each have a different ISBN assigned to it. [17]: 12 The ISBN is thirteen digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, and ten digits long if assigned before 2007.
The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc (a subsidiary of Rakuten).The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers available at the time.
In 1993, Paul Baim released a freeware HyperCard stack, called EBook, that allowed easy import of any text file to create a pageable version similar to an electronic paperback book. A notable feature was automatic tracking of the last page read so that on returning to the 'book' you were taken back to where you had previously left off reading.
An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. [38]
As of 2014, over 90% of U.S. public libraries offer ebook lending. [1] Many of those libraries use Rakuten OverDrive, which provides ebook access to about 43,000 libraries and schools in 76 countries. [2] Overdrive is the only eLending service that works with the Amazon Kindle, but that functionality is limited to U.S. library readers only. [3]
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Kindle devices may report information about their users' reading data that includes the last page read, how long each e-book was opened, annotations, bookmarks, notes, highlights, or similar markings to Amazon. [39] The Kindle stores this information on all Amazon e-books but it is unclear if this data is stored for non-Amazon e-books. [40]
The following is a comparison of e-book formats used to create and publish e-books.. The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [a] devices.