The electronic book readers, also known as the eBook readers, or the digital book readers have indeed become so popular that Amazon’s eBook reader, the Kindle has become the topmost selling item on their e-commerce site. It is saying a lot since Amazon has millions of the attractive products for the consumers of all ages. The simplest definition is that the electronic book readers provide a method by which you can read the traditional books, magazines, newspapers, the PDF files, and other paper publications in a digital format which looks sophisticated and is convenient for the reader as he or she do not have to carry those fat books any more while travelling or when outdoors. The eBook readers are handheld portable wireless gadgets that can be conveniently taken anywhere and used to read from anywhere and at anytime which is indeed great.

The eBook readers are specifically and well-designed with the reading lover in mind, and have the main purpose of storing the large bulky libraries into a small mobile, small and easy to carry device, much like the iPod did for the music collections, eBook readers, like the Amazon Kindle, Barnes and the Noble Nook and Sony Readers do for the books. The leading models of the eBook readers are The Nook, Kindle and the Sony Reader models, with the Kindle being top of the line earning rave expert and the industry as well as the user reviews.

The Benefits of PDF book

Digital book readers usually have got one particular main feature in the common and that is that the screen display uses a technology called the E-Ink Pearl, which very well replicates the way in which the light reflects of the actual paper, which makes the overall screen display very easy on the eyes, unlike the traditional computer screens and provide for no glare easy reading in the bright sunlight. Why everyone will own a PDF book is a question that is asked frequently. The major features of the device which are noted down below makes it mandatory for the tech lovers to possess one.

Main Features 

• Wireless access to the digital bookstores
• No glare – reads in the sunlight – easy on the eyes screen display
• Long life is highly preferred
• Wide Range of the eBook and the document compatibility
• Reads to you which is so convenient
• MP3 player for better enjoyment
• Large storage space/memory for accommodation more data hence a lot of books can be stored digitally
• Text annotation for convenience of the users
• Web browser for net access
• Social sharing with other reader fans for networking and sharing views
• Free book samples for the benefit of the readers

Though, popularity of traditional books is never going to wane, several advantages like portability, capacity, learning of foreign languages, better reading, reading while eating, free books, discretion, gain of space and many more is making an ebook reader quite popular, mostly among Generation X.

PDF stands for Portable Document Format and has been used for many years to convert a document, spreadsheet, picture to an open standard document. This format was originally created by Adobe (yes the same company that makes Photoshop, Premier etc) and many of us have installed and have used Adobe Acrobat. I’ve personally used Adobe Acrobat since the mid  1990 but I can’t recall what document I opened. I’ve pretty much used Adobe Acrobat to open all PDF files on my Personal Computer but on my smartphone (Galaxy S2), there are built in apps that allows me to open PDF files so I don’t have to install Adobe Acrobat. There are also now different types of viewers that you can install and use to open PDF files.

PDF files now make it easier for buying and downloading eBooks.I’m sure you’ve seen this, the Adobe PDF Icon: