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As we all know that there are various devices for reading electronic books, there are also popular formats associated with some of these devices. There have always been debates on which is the best among them, although each of these formats has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some of the popular file formats including Adobe PDF, Microsoft LIT, Mobipocket, Amazon AZW, PRC, PDB, etc. Some PC content most popular formats such as HTML, TXT, DOC, and can also compete as an e-book formats. In this article, let's take a look at some of these popular file formats and their readers.

1. Amazon AZW

With the Amazon Kindle, Amazon has also created a file format that Kindle recognizes, called AZW. With its own structure, Digital Rights Management (DRM) protects the AZW format, e-book publishers and authors from piracy. Kindle recognizes only this format, and other formats should result in AZW before they can be read through the Kindle device. To do this, Kindle provides a free email conversion system that helps you to download books in any format to Kindle via an email.

AZW is loosely based on the format of popular Mobipocket files MOBI.

2. Adobe PDF

Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) is not only an e-book format, but also a popular PC file format. First created in 1993, became popular long before the e-book revolution started. That was created for the storage and transfer to portable, printable documents. Adobe PostScript format, forms the basis of PDF documents.

PDF documents support compression, password protection and are viewable on virtually all platforms (hence the name ' portable document format). It is estimated that the PDF documents more than 250 million are in existence on the Web. Software applications from Adobe, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader were used to create and read PDF files, but in 2008, PDF was released as an open standard, and now there are several applications available for read and modify PDF documents. This has enhanced the popularity of PDF in the arena of e-book.

3. Microsoft LIT

With severe competition from Adobe and other popular e-book formats, Microsoft also came up with their own proprietary format e-book, LIT. Files with extension ' LIT ' are accessed and read from Microsoft Reader, available as a free download from the Microsoft Web site. The application is available only for Windows operating system.

Microsoft Reader can be used for reading eBooks on portable devices with the assistance of ClearType, that renders text improved on these devices. Was introduced in 2000.

LIT format also supports Digital Rights Management (DRM), the protection of the rights of the author and publisher of e-book. You must activate Microsoft Reader, once installed in your PC, tablet PC, pocket PC, or through the site to activate Reader. You can buy the e-book format LIT Microsoft Reader from the site as well.

4. Palm E-book format (.pdb)

Palm Database format (PDB) is a proprietary format used in PDAS Palm. However, it can be read on Windows or other operating system with the help of a specialized software.

EReader for Palm is a free program to read a .pdb file. This reader is available for a number of devices and operating systems-BlackBerry, iPhone, Macintosh, PalmOS, PocketPC, Symbian, Windows Mobile Smartphone, etc.

Buy and download eBooks from eReader site and read through your device. There are also a number of public domain classics available in PDB format for free. Books bought are encrypted for security.

5. Mobipocket PRC and MOBI

Mobipocket is a French software company that creates the Mobipocket Reader, which can be used for reading e-books on your PDA or smart phone. Native format of the reader is PRC. The PRC format and the reader are supported under BlackBerry, Franklin eBookMan, PalmOS, Symbian, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone.

Mobipocket Reader gives you an e-book library to store and manage all your electronic books. You can change the metadata associated with the e-book, such as information about the author, title, Publisher and e-book. You can transfer your eBooks to any of your PDA devices from your PC via a USB connection. It is also possible to incorporate the notes and annotations on your e-book and highlight any term. In addition, the reader allows you to search for any term definitions easily through the available dictionaries that include Longman, Merriam-Webster, Oxford, and others.

Conclusion

Those are the most popular document formats e-book. There are also less popular formats associated with specific reading devices. However, since most readers recognize almost all formats, it is easy for users to read eBooks in any reading device. The conversion and publishing e-books on any of these formats is also easy with the help of a specialized software.

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