What is an eBook?

"eBook" is short for "electronic book", a book that offers the convenience, access, and unique capabilities of the digital realm. eBooks are purchased online, and then downloaded to a PC, laptop, or portable device. The eBook can then be read on-screen using an eBook reader. In order to protect the rights of authors and publishers, eBook software also includes security features to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution.

eBooks are available in a variety of different formats, including Microsoft Reader and Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader. Golden Apple, Wallasey eBooks are now in multi-format (Fictionwise offer versions for ten different ebook readers). eBooks can be bought online and downloaded in a matter of minutes. Once you have downloaded an eBook you can easily access it at any time. Search and bookmark facilities enable text to be quickly found. Both Microsoft Reader and the Acrobat eBook Reader keep a library of all of your eBooks.

Buying an eBook

First you need to install an eBook reader, which will enable you to read the eBooks. There’s a link on the main page of the Golden Apple web site for Ms Reader.

*Note - you will be required to go online as part of the installation of your reader - this is to enable the security features to be activated.

Having installed a reader, you can now choose an eBook. The process can vary from site to site, but this is the general idea:
Browse or search to find an eBook you would like to purchase – links on the ‘Supplier’ page of the Golden Apple web site will take you direct to the book’s online page (Fictionwise).

Click on the "Add to Basket" button to add the eBook to your online shopping basket. After proceeding through the checkout process and submitting your order, you will be directed to a download page.

Click on the link to download your eBook to your computer.

That's basically all there is to buying an eBook!

Thanks to WHS for some of the above explanation.

Try out a free ebook:

Now's your chance own a free copy of an exciting Short Story by John Rankine as an ebook.
You don't need to have activated the ebook reader to read it.
This will introduce you to his work and also to the world of ebooks - a true Sci-Fi media. If you already have a copy of MS Reader, simply click the download button below and save the file into 'My Library' folder. If you are new to ebooks then you will need to install the free MS reader before you can view the book.

Six Cubed Plus One John Rankine Published by Golden Apple, Wallasey. ISBN: 1-904073-19-0 E-book, Ms Reader (.lit) Format Through a simple matter of misalignment the new teaching machines in the school began to require more knowledge than was being programmed into them - they also needed a control and Sarah Joy's ego was the only one they chose. This short story was dramatised by the BBC in 1966 as 'The World in Silence' in the 'Out of the Unknown' series 2. It was Broadcast on 17th November 1966.

Also see the Tuo Yaw page for more free ebooks