[WEB4LIB] Ebooks

[Julia Schult]

Andrew Mutch raised an interesting question:

> Julia,
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> What constitutes a WebBook and how does that differ from an eBook?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Mutch

I was using the term "WebBook" to describe an E-Book (electronic book) that
is readable on the web, through a browser, as opposed to the E-Books that
have special reader software and/or hardware.  Yes, NetLibrary's eBooks can
be downloaded and read on their special reader as well as read online, so
they are both WebBooks and off-line E-Books.

I didn't know if anyone had used the term WebBooks before, but a quick check
in IxQuick shows that it is being used, both as a brand name and in the way
I used it.  It is sometimes one word, sometimes two.  "Webbook" seems to
have a special meaning within chemistry referring to the NIST Chemistry
WebBook, which is a reference work on the Web.

---Julia E. Schult
Access/Electronic Services Librarian
Elmira College
Jschult at elmira.edu