Find Out More About Read an E-Book Week
Free Ebooks and Information to Raise Awareness of Electronic Books
Mar 6, 2009
As ebooks are growing in popularity so is the number of events planned to raise awareness of this important innovation in the world of books. One interesting event is Read an E-Book Week which, in 2009, is being held between March 8th and March 14th.
The main aim of Read an E-Book Week is to raise awareness of ebooks and new generation reading and reading devices. Ebook readers such as the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader are making the availability and reading of ebooks easier than ever before.
Benefits of Ebooks
Raising awareness and promoting ebooks includes highlighting many of the real benefits of this type of reading. The benefits of ebooks include:
- Instant delivery
- Environmentally friendly – no paper is used and no delivery cost
- Lower cost
- Convenient
Free Ebooks
In order to demonstrate many of the benefits of ebooks, a number of partners supporting the Read an E-Book Week are offering free ebooks during the week. These ebooks are available for instant download and include many different genres and both short stories as well as full length novels and non fiction. More information about the free ebooks can be found on the Partners page of the Read an E-Book Week website.
Try Something New
Whether someone is completely new to ebooks or an experienced ebook reader, then Read an E-Book Week is a great opportunity to try something new. The range of free ebooks being offered gives readers the chance to try a new genre or author. This may open up a whole new interest.
How to Support Read an E-Book Week
Besides reading an ebook to mark the week, there are other ways that people can support the campaign. One way is to raise awareness of ebooks using blogs or social networking. If someone is reading an ebook then why not share this with others. People love reading about other people's experiences and this can be a great way to raise the profile of ebooks.
Posting a review onto a personal blog is another good way to promote Read an E-Book Week. If it is a positive review then send a link to the publisher. Publishers like to read what readers are saying about their books and they may even give a reciprocal link.
Ebooks now form an exciting part of the book world and are very much here to stay. Events such as Read an E-Book Week help to promote ebooks to new readers and support current ebook fans.
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