History

E-Book in Bangladesh

Education Board

Present Scenario

Format of E-Book

Advantages of E-Book

Compare with paper based

books

Market share

Problems of E-Book

Prospects of organization

Conclusion

Recommendations

A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank

sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other

materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one

side.

An electronic book (E-book) is a book-length

publication in digital form, consisting of text, image, or

both, and produced on, published through and readable

on computers or other electronic devices.

Thomas Aquinas is the first innovator of the EBook.

That is first prepared by Roberto Busa in late 1940.

The Next version of Electronic books introduced -1960s from the NLS Project at Stanford Research Institute (SRI).

Electronic Book Technology group’s Extensive work was Dyna Text, the first SGML Based Book reader. System.

The desktop Prototype for a proposed notebook computer, Dynabook was launched in 1970.

In 1992, Sony launched the Data Discman.

Primary level books In PDF format Easy to access All books are available

(Class 1-10)

E-Book has a large market and is giving paper based book a

very tough competition.

It promote reading, faster production, easy updatable, and

portability.

Eco-friendliness.

At present more than 12.8 million people read different

forms of E-Book.

E-Books are become more popular day by day.

E-Books can be published in a variety of file formats.

aeh, .djvu, .epub, .fb2, .html, .azw, .lit, .prc, .mobi,

.exe, .pdb, .txt, .pdb, .pdf, .ps, .rgo, .pdb, .tr2, .tr3.

Apple iPad

Sony Reader

Kobo eReader

Amazon Kindle, Kindle Fire (color), Kindle Touch,

Kindle Touch 3G.

Samsung Galaxy

E-books are delivered almost instantaneously.

E-Books are portable

Easy to read E-Books everywhere

E-Books are searchable.

E-Books is printable.

E-Book is eco-friendly.

Reduce paper.

Easy to Travel Price Speed

Storage facilities Font Adjustment Night readers

It reduces the uses of the paper which are made form the

wood .

E-readers don't use any paper, but they still have a

significant carbon footprint. For some readers, traditional

books are the greener option.

Make green environment.

E-Book Readers can cost money

Programs need to be compatible with the computer or device

E-Book Readers require power

Programs need patching for security vulnerabilities

E-Books can be hacked

E-books do not have a defined life

E-Books can cause eyestrain

Not all book formats are compatible with the reader

Low price

Long lasting

Sold chapter basis

Make more available all kinds of books

More special interest books, such as cookbooks and

travel guides.

The emergence of E-Books as a central part of the information

experience requires libraries to think differently about how to meet the

needs of their users.

While E-Books will not replace print books in the near future, users are

rapidly adopting them as complementary to print books.

Users value the convenience and ease of access that E-Books provide

and are engaging in new forms of book content usage to take advantage

of their libraries’ growing eBook collections.

The formats of using e-book should be easier. So it will

easy for the user.

Libraries may invest in e-books to complement their

collection of print books.

Special interest books, such as-cookbooks, travel guides

should be offered as e-books with interactive features.

More publishers should offer multimedia content in e-

books.