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Many Chalice Press titles are available in downloadable e-PDFs that can be accessed from your computer and e-PUBs that can be used on your electronic reading devices.

All About E-Books

Are you confused by e-PUB, e-PDF, and e-readers? Don’t feel bad…you’re not alone. Every day it seems there are more e-offerings available, but what are they and what’s right for you?

You’ll notice that at the top of the page we have a link for Atlas Books. Through this website, we offer our most popular and best-selling titles in both e-PUB and e-PDF formats. When you go to order, you’ll be asked to select one.

What’s the difference?
Both of these formats are protected by digital rights software and can be loaded on to your computer, phone, PDA, or e-readers* for reading. While the e-PDF remains as a static page, i.e., the text does not flow, everything is frozen just like in a printed book, the e-PUB has text that flows from page to page, i.e, reflows based on the font size selected. You can perform keyword searches with either of these formats.

The Amazon link listed above will take you to a list of book downloads for the Kindle.

What are e-readers?
E-readers are portable devices that can download and house your book files. Many e-readers can download books wirelessly and once on your e-reader, you can push buttons to turn the page, search through the book, highlight passages, etc—just like a real printed book. Several e-readers are available, probably the best-known of which is the Kindle.

Sony has the Reader, Barnes & Noble offers the Nook, and many others are currently under development.

Chalice Press titles are available for many of these devices.

To order downloads of Chalice Press titles for the Kindle, you must order directly from the Amazon website. Kindle’s Whispernet technology allows you to download any of your purchases wirelessly to your Kindle from anywhere. Purchased downloads also have a free iPhone version available so you can read on both your Kindle and iPhone. Content Formats Supported include: Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (formats 4, Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion. IMPORTANT NOTE: To download titles, you must first be registered with Amazon.

For more information on the Kindle reader, visit Kindle - Amazon's Wireless Reading Generation.

You can find out more about the Sony Reader at the Sony Reader website. The Sony Reader supports e-PUB and e-PDF formats thus allowing it to offer a large number of titles from a number of sources.

If you have any questions about formats or the readers themselves, contact the support department for that specific e-reader.

So, how do you choose? Going with an e-PUB or e-PDF format allows you to work through devices you probably already have, i.e., your computer or phone. Selecting between the e-readers available comes down to personal preference. There is a difference in cost, size, and formats e-readers will accept. Check out the product websites and read the specifications for each before making your purchasing decision. If you have any questions, contact their support department.

*E-readers must indicate that they support ePDF and ePUB formats.