e-Books At
AMI Bookshop
Copyright & Distributed © 2002 by
AMI Bookshop. All Rights Reserved.
If you don't know what an e-book is, don't worry you're not alone! E-books are a wonderful modern way of reading books, with many extra features that a normal book cannot offer. So instead of you missing out on this great new format, AMI Bookshop has put this page together for you to explain everything! If you have any further questions after reading this, you can email our .
What is an E-Book?
The 'E' in e-book stands for 'electronic'. So an e-book is an electronic book. This means that instead of holding printed pages in your hand and reading in bed, you are looking at electronic pages on your computer screen and reading at your desk.
There are many different types, formats and layouts of e-books. There are also many programs used to make and supply e-books. Here's the difference between how an e-book versus a printed book is made at AMI Bookshop:
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1. The text for a book is written or typed out on the computer. |
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1. The text for an e-book book is written or typed out on the computer. |
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2. The text is formatted and edited in a text editor, in book form with the appropriate margins for printing. |
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2. The text is formatted and edited in a text editor, in e-book form with the appropriate margins and setting for an e-book. |
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3. The book is printed on paper. |
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3. The e-book is 'sent' to the Adobe Acrobat program to add extra features like bookmarks, internet links and extra information. |
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4. The printed pages are bound together with glue and a cover is glued on. |
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4. The e-book is saved in a downloadable format, ready for someone to download it. |
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5. Once you've ordered the book, it gets shipped to you via postal mail. |
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5. Once you've ordered the e-book, you are given a link to download it to your computer |
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6. When you get the book in your hands, you remove the shrink wrap and start reading. |
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6. When you get the e-book on your computer, you open the file in the Adobe Acrobat Reader and start reading. |
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Ordering an E-Book:
STEP 1: Go to www.ami-bookshop.com and click the 'e-Books' tab.
STEP 2: Browse through the pages and find the e-book(s) you want. Click the 'Add to Cart' button next to the e-book you've decided to purchase.
STEP 3: If you look on the left hand side of the page, you will see that the e-book you added to your cart is now showing in your shopping cart. Click the 'Checkout' button to finish placing the order.
STEP 4: Fill in your information and payment details and complete the order by clicking the 'Process My Order' button.
STEP 5: If your payment was by credit card, you will given immediate access to download the e-book you ordered. The page on your screen will look something like the graphic below. This page will also get sent to the email address you gave on the order form.
Downloading an E-Book:
STEP 1: While you still have the browser window open with this information (above), you can download your e-book in 2 different ways...
a) Right click on the 'Click Here' link and select the 'Save Target As' in the popup menu. A dialog box will pop up. Go to the folder on your computer you want to save it to and click the 'Save' button. This will save the e-book onto your computer to read as often as you want.
NOTE: E-book files are generally large, so you depending on the size of the e-book you could be waiting a long or short time for it to finish downloading.
b) Click the 'Click Here' link and Adobe Acrobat Reader will open up and begin downloading the e-book. (You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed before you can do this). Depending on how big the e-book is, it will take a while to finish downloading.
Once it has finished downloading into the Adobe Reader, click 'File' from the menu at the top, then 'Save As'. A dialog box will pop up (like the one above). Go to the folder on your computer you want to save it to and click the 'Save' button. This will save the e-book onto your computer to read as often as you want.
Reading an E-Book:
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STEP 1: Now that you have the e-book saved onto your computer, you can open it any time and read it. Here is one way to do that... Look for the Adobe Acrobat icon on your desktop and double click it to open the program.
OR... look for the program in your Programs in the START menu. To do that, click the start button, then go to programs and look for Adobe Acrobat. Once you've found it, click it to open the program.
STEP 2: Now that you have the program open, click the 'Open' button as shown below or click 'File' from the menu at the top, then 'Open'. Go to the folder where you have saved the e-book and open it.
STEP 3: Something like the screen below will now load in the program. You have opened your e-book and can now begin reading!
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Click 'BACK' button on browser to return here.
STEP 4: There are many ways to read your e-book. You can scroll down the pages using the scroll bar on the right, or click the bookmarks on the left hand side, or even use the arrows at the top of the page. Click all the bookmarks to uncover your treasures and be blessed!
NOTE - If you have the Adobe Acrobat E-Book Reader, you will not see these bookmarks on the left. I suggest you download the normal Reader to enjoy the full features of your e-book.
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Click 'BACK' button on browser to return here.
Copyright & Distributed © 2002 by AMI Bookshop. All Rights Reserved.
