An ebook is the same as the ordinary printed books we find in our bookshelves or libraries. In simple terms an ebook is an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on computers or special devices which we now come to know as ebook readers, in other words it is a digital version of books, documents.
Ebook readers come in very handy especially if you have lots of books and you have less space to store all your books an ebook reader helps in such instances. There are many types of ebook readers which can be found some popular Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader and its competitor the Sony PRS-700.