Jun. 12, 2008 - More Ebook Questions
I’ve gotten a couple more questions about Ebooks that I want to clear up for you.
The first is: “I’m leary about purchasing e-books because of them taking up memory on my PC. Is that a legitimate concern of mine to have?”
Excellent question. Personally I have a Dell laptop, and I probably have at least 30-40 Ebooks saved on my hard drive, with plenty of space to spare. Everybody’s computer is different, but these days I don’t believe you have to worry too much about running out of memory. Most Ebooks only take up a few hundred to a few thousand Kilobytes.
(Just a note: As of today my Ebook on ADL is about 420 KB. It won’t be getting much bigger than that.)
The Ebook I’m writing on distance learning is going to be downloadable, but it will also be hosted on my server. So while I will encourage you to save the file to your computer if you buy it, you actually don’t have to! Instead you’ll be able to bookmark the webpage and access the PDF file online anytime you want.
Another option is to save Ebooks on a cd or portable jump drive. That way you can save a copy without having to use up memory space.
Second question: “Will I be able to download the Ebook to more than one computer?”
Yes, you will! If you have Internet access on each computer, you’ll be able to access the Ebook download page and download the file to multiple computers. Or you can also save the Ebook to a cd or jump drive and open it on another computer that way.
Sometimes I like to email an Ebook to myself so I can access it wherever I have access to my email.
I do want to note that my Ebook will be for personal and immediate family use only. You will be free to use it on your personal and home computers, but I ask that you please do not share it with others. That includes with friends and distant relatives, long lost cousins, etc. *smile* If you’d like to recommend it to someone else, you’ll be able to get an affiliate link to actually make some money off it!
