What's the difference between ebook and PDF?

[Rubix]

Hi there,

I really don't feel good asking this question but I don't understand the difference between ebook pdf and pdf. Do i need a specific software to create ebooks? Can I not use PDF format instead?

Thanks,

[Kara.Wallace]

Typically ebooks are in epub (for ereaders) and mobi (for kindle) formats. A book can be available in epub, mobi, and PDF versions, but they are not really the same.

True ebooks will adjust depending on the device they are on. The text and page length usually adjust with ebooks, while PDFs are more or less an image of a page. When you adjust the text size on an ebook, the layout can shift, while when you adjust the size of text on a PDF - you are actually just zooming.

Some ebook PDFs will have password protection to prevent book piracy; however, any PDF can be password protected... so it really isn't just for "ebook PDFs". If you go with any type of password encryption, your PDF won't be able to be indexed.

To my knowledge, Google does not index epub or mobi formats, but does index PDF. If you haven't already, you should read over this article regarding optimizing your PDFs for search.

Hope this helps.

Mike

[Rubix]

Thank you so much Mark, i appreciate your answer. It makes more sense now.