Using copyright protected eBook technology, CyberRead can convert your eBooks into the following formats:

Mobipocket - Available to virtually 100% of the PDA market (Palms, Pocket PCs, Win CE, Smart Phones, Psion, Desktops and laptops) The most popular format due to portability for the end user. Mobipocket is the most user friendly - $200.00 for text only titles. If your book contains tables, etc. please contact us for a quote.

Microsoft Reader - Available to Windows PCs, desktops, laptops and Pocket PCs - - $200.00 for text only titles. If your book contains tables, etc. please contact us for a quote

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) - Available to Windows PCs, desktops, laptops and Macintosh - $150.00 for text only titles. If your book contains tables, etc. please contact us for a quote

Each of these formats offer free reader software the customer can download and install. The software is small and easy to use. Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader and Palm Digital Media have dictionaries in those formats that integrate easily with the reader software. Additionally, our Microsoft Reader files are available from Amazon.com as well as 120 additional retail outlets through our Content Reserve distribution channel.

Introduction to Electronic Books - eBooks

CyberRead, Inc., has been selling, converting and distributing eBook since 1999. We know eBooks!

eBooks are the greatest advancement in publishing since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. With electronic publishing your market is potentially the whole world. The Internet provides a world without boundaries.

Let's look at the American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language definition:

e-book (or eBook) , noun
" A book whose contents are in an electronic format.

"eBook" is short for "electronic book." An eBook is a digital book that you can read on a computer or electronic reading device. The CyberRead eBookstore currently supports the Mobipocket Reader, Microsoft Reader and the Adobe eBook Reader formats as well as several others.

eBooks are electronic versions of books which are delivered to consumers in digital formats. There are a large number of devices being developed to make reading eBooks easier for consumers. The most popular device is the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). These are more commonly known as a Palm Pilot or Pocket PC type device. Special software, which makes documents or pages of a book easier to read on a screen, has been developed by software companies. A standard for eBook software, known as the open-eBook standard, or OEB, has been developed as a standard format for eBooks, but competing standards such as Adobe's PDF exist.

The potential market for electronic books is extremely large. Many sectors of the buying public are already recognizing the benefits of eBooks over paper books. Students who are tired of lugging around forty pounds of textbooks (which become obsolete quickly) and consumers or business people who travel a great deal are two groups who seem thrilled with the idea of downloading 10 or more books into a small, portable reader. eBooks are already starting to be trendy. Recent issues of top women's magazines such as Vogue, have featured eBook readers as the latest must-have fashion accessory. This market could develop faster than expected because leading publishers and technology companies are pouring money and resources into eBook technology.

When we think about the future of publishing we think about the costs of publishing. Right now every single print book you sell has a direct cost associated with it. These are hard costs that you have no control over. Those costs are the costs for the paper, the cover and the manufacturing of the book to sell.

With eBooks, that is not the case. You have one fee that covers the conversion into a particular eBook format. Once you sell enough eBooks to cover the conversion cost, that's it. That book is going to be available as an eBook forever. You never have to pay to convert that book again unless you choose to convert it into another eBook format.

Every sale above the conversion costs is profit. The cost of one eBook conversion can offer your title to a global market place.

eBook Benefits & Formats

Not unlike the addition of audio books to the book market, the addition of eBooks can create a vast new revenue stream for your title.

Deciding what format to provide your eBook in is extremely important so you meet the needs of your potential readers. You want to make it as easy as possible to read your work. The PDA market is the largest eBook market at this time.
Benefits of eBooks

eBooks have features built into the reader software that makes them similar to printed books. One of the largest segments of the PDA market is business people. These people typically have a Palm Pilot type device for their schedules or address book. It's always convenient to carry your handheld computer with you. Whenever you're at the dentist office, waiting at a café, on a weekend getaway, even at home -- you can open your book and pick up where you left off.

eBooks weigh nothing and take up very little space on any electronic device. For example, a Hewlett Packard Jornada 548 is slightly larger than a deck of playing cards. On this small device, one can carry over 85 books - including dictionaries and reference materials.

Let's imagine that each one of those books, if printed, was about 1 inch or so thick - We are talking about an 8 foot tall stack of books. The user could quadruple that amount with a small memory card and not add one ounce to the device.

eBooks are searchable and dictionaries are dynamic. If you are reading a book and happen upon a word that you don't know the meaning of, you can tap it and get the definition then go back to reading the book. You can search an entire book for a specific word and it will take you directly to it.

eBooks have variable type. This means you can change the font size to make it easier to read.

eBooks are just like paper books in that you can highlight in it, make notes in it and put bookmarks in it.

You can't lose your book. The majority of eBookstores have an online bookshelf. Your books are stored on this bookshelf for you to return and download when needed.

eBooks can be read in any lighting condition, from direct sunlight to total darkness. You can read outside in a park or at night without the light bothering the others in the room.

And let's not forget - The next generation is the digital generation. Students today are not only comfortable reading electronic text, they prefer it. In the coming years, students will carry more books in less space. These books will be electronic. Will your book be available to this new market?
eBook Formats

In discussing formats I want to focus on the PDA market. In the past 2 years, we have seen growth in eBook sales as well as other software directed to these devices. The market is estimated at 48 Million people globally using PDA devices and they are looking for more ways to use them.

The eBook trend is moving toward mobility. The following formats offer portability and security against unauthorized copying of eBooks.

Using copyright protected eBook technology, CyberRead can offer your eBooks in the following formats:

Mobipocket - Available to virtually 100% of the PDA market (Palms, Pocket PCs, Win CE, Smart Phones, Psion, Desktops and laptops) The most popular format due to portability for the end user. Mobipocket is the most user friendly

Microsoft Reader - Available to Windows PCs, desktops, laptops and Pocket PCs

Palm Digital Media - Available to Palms and Pocket PCs

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) - Available to Windows PCs, desktops, laptops and Macintosh

Each of these formats offer free reader software the customer can download and install. The software is small and easy to use. Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader and Palm Digital Media have dictionaries in those formats that integrate easily with the reader software.

Digital Rights Management
(Copy Protection)

When we think of a digital file, we think of how easy it is to copy it from one computer to the next. eBooks could be the same way. But how do I get paid for each book, you ask? Digital Rights Management!

Think of Digital Rights Management as a combination lock on your book that is reset for each reader. When a reader buys your book, it is 'locked' to their device or computer. If they try to give it away, the other person (who didn't buy it) cannot open it. So you get paid for each sale, just like with printed books.

Don't let the terms of e-publishing scare you into inaction. The terms such as, XML, ONIX, OEB, PFD, TIFF, JPEG and Gigabyte. That is the responsibility of Bookstand Publishing and CyberRead. We'll handle all the technical aspects of publishing your work.

Distribution

You are probably familiar with Stephen King's foray into eBooks, but did you know that James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Mary Higgins Clark are in eBooks? Most of the larger publishers have seen the advantages and market share of eBooks and have released titles in the previously mentioned formats.

These authors are well known because they have written best selling tiles. But they are also well known, because their work is widely distributed. Depending on the formats in which you wish to make your eBook available, we can distribute it to up to over 125 retail web sites. The list below is only a sampling of the web sites that could be carrying your title in eBook format:

Amazon US, UK, DE, JP
Mobipocket.com
Powells.com
CyberRead.com
eLibrion.com
Booksamillion.com
eBookhome.com
eBooks.com
Many, Many More