eBook

An eBook is an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose.

The first eBook was created in history and has been traced back to the 1930s, when American writer Bob Brown had an idea for “readies,” so called because of the 1927 release of “talkies” in movie theaters. “The written word hasn’t kept up with the age…In 2020, e-book revenue in the United States alone reached 1.1 billion U.S. dollars, up from 983.3 million copies sold in the previous year only in the USA. The data on e-book sales does not yet include figures from independent authors. If these were to be included, the e-book arm of the U.S. book market would look very different, but nevertheless, sources reporting e-book sales figures observed growth over the last few years.