Reading an ebook has become an in thing in most parts of the world, everywhere, throughout the world, where people know how to handle a computer or a palmtop gadget. It is not surprising to see people moving around with hand held gadgets in the roads, supermarkets, metro trains and where not. Even they seem engrossed enough so as not to get distracted by other attractions in their neighbourhood.

But, the question that is cropping up after the frenzy is whether this kind of book reading is actually going to be as popular as it is made out. Plenty of debates and fights are out there to claim that there is the need to give a certainty to the confused people out there, who want to read books, but read it in a uniform manner.

As is known to the world throughout, there are presently a number of publishing houses and e books creators, who let people buy a ebook and read it only in their own manufactured reader. They have their ebook library from which people can buy the said book and this will then open in the format that has been meant to be supported by that gadget of that particular company. Although a lot of names are there, which have been going through such issues, a few like Kindle by Amazon, Nook by Barnes & Nobles, iPad by Apple, and few other giants are noteworthy. These companies have designed their own formats in which their readers will function and there is a war imminently thrown amidst the readers about the particular book which they can read or not. Kindle reads through AZW format, while Mobipocket has HTML and Barnes and Nobles has PDB format.

So the question that faced people, and the makers of these ebook readers was how to make the ebook store uniform and how could the readers interested to buy a ebook, can purchase ebooks from any where they like. They could hit any of the ebook sites and keep going through it, browsing various publishers and keep on searching till they find their best ebook.
Now when there is a tussle going on between the giants about such format uniformity, the concept of pdf still seems to be a middle path because it is old and time tested and it is also easily providing access due to its stability and supremacy.

Another format that has come up recently is the EPUB or the standard industry file format for ebooks. It is a free and open standard, based on open specifications. It is also considered as a success to Open eBook, which has many members. This makes it advantageous in the sense that people who are in the business of having ebook store or ebook library, can easily put out their books, at least some in this format. As a result, some big banners like Apple iPad, Nook Barnes & Nobles, Sony Reader, etc have also included the EPUB format to be read in their readers, apart from their own exclusive format.

The future will therefore see more and more people reading through readers held in the hand, in street corners and in much more places. They will also be able to convert formats after they buy a ebook and get the best ebooks, according to their taste, and enjoy their ride back home from office.

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