FAQ - Dmoz/Computers/E-Books

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1  General E-Book Questions
     1.1  What is an e-book?
     1.2  What is an e-book reader?
     1.3  What is an e-book title?
     1.4  What is an e-text?
     1.5  How is electronic publishing related to e-books?
     1.6  What is Open eBook? Where can I find more information?
2  What type of sites will I find in Computers/E-Books?
     2.1  What sites will be accepted into Computers/E-Books?
     2.2  What sites WON'T be accepted into Computers/E-Books?

1   General E-Book Questions
1.1   Q: What is an e-book?
A: The term e-book is as often misused as it is used. The term e-book applies to electronic book readers, known as slates, as well as electronic book titles. For clarity, it is best to specify which term you mean. For example, "I just found this great e-book title, called .....", or "I use the Rocket eBook reader - its great!".
by reillyd at 1999-06-03 07:29:00
1.2   Q: What is an e-book reader?
A: An e-book reader is a hardware device (or in some cases, software) that allows reading of books stored in electronic form.
by reillyd at 1999-06-03 07:30:48
1.3   Q: What is an e-book title?
A: Any book or title published in electronic form, specifically for the purpose of being read on a e-book reader, can be considered an e-book title.

This means that a HTML page, or a Word document, or even a text file, isn't really an e-book title. We have a different term for this - an e-text.

by reillyd at 1999-06-03 07:33:05
1.4   Q: What is an e-text?
A: An e-text is a text that is stored in electronic form. How, you may ask, is that different from an e-book? An e-book title has been specially converted and formated to be used with an e-book reader. This may seem like a question of symantics, but it is *very* important to be able to distinguish between e-book readers, e-books, and e-texts.
by reillyd at 1999-06-03 07:35:15
1.5   Q: How is electronic publishing related to e-books?
A: Electronic publishing is the art of publishing (amoungst other things) electronic books. But it also covers a wide range of other types of publications, such as web sites, newsletters, and more.
by tschild at 2004-01-02 10:13:10
1.6   Q: What is Open eBook? Where can I find more information?
A: The Open eBook is a specifications document for electronic book titles. Its an attempt to create an open format, which all e-book readers can adopt, to prevent interoperability problems in the future.

For more information, visit http://www.openebook.org

by reillyd at 1999-06-19 23:55:38
2   What type of sites will I find in Computers/E-Books?
2.1   Q: What sites will be accepted into Computers/E-Books?
A: Sites that adhere to the category Description and Submission Guidelines.
by analander at 2001-04-05 13:18:06
2.2   Q: What sites WON'T be accepted into Computers/E-Books?
A:

Sites that aren't related to e-books. If you have e-texts, then submit them into the appropriate category of ODP - e-books is *not* relevant. Recent examples of rejected submissions include - sites on computing books, book reviews, sites that have absolutely nothing to do with e-books.

Sorry if this seems harsh, but too many people try to polute the category with bizarre listings.

Also sites in languages other than English are not listed here but in the appropriate category under World/. See also the links "This category in other languages" on the category page.

by tschild at 2003-11-23 18:39:52

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