Formats in Book Writing

Hard Covers and Paperback Books

Hardbound and paperback books are pretty much similar. They both have the same content but are formatted on different grounds. In fact, most hardbound books have a paperback counterpart. Here are the major advantages of each format.



A hard cover book often has better colored printing and is more pleasing to the eye as its texts are not compressed. It is also more durable because its covers are sturdy and the papers used are of a higher quality.



A paperback book, on the other hand, is very convenient for a reader on-the-go. It is usually smaller in size and in thickness so that you can take them with you anywhere. It is also is less costly to buy because a paperback format generally uses cheaper materials than that of a hardbound book.



Audio Books

Audio books, simply put, are books recorded through voice to listen to instead of read. They are books in audio formats designed to give value listening rather than taking time to read. These are especially useful for those who are not avid readers.



There are sub-formats for audio books: the audio books on tape, the audio books on CD, the downloadable audio books and the audio book chips. These formats are very similar to each other as to the quality of content that you will get from them. The main difference lies only in the type of storage space you will need to access the book. And although downloads and chips are the more modern ways to have, the tapes and CDs are also still widely used today.



E-Book

The technological modern era has produced another idea yet again. An electronic book, or simply called e-book, is a digitalized version of a printed book. It is conveniently made available through the use of the Internet. You can write just about anything and everything that your heart desires. It takes little physical storage space to collect e-books and is very inexpensive to reproduce.



There are also many sub-formats of an e-book. There is the plain text file, where you get the story from text lines; the Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) file which can be accessed through a standard browser where layouts can be made; and the Portable Document Format (PDF) that provides a standard form of document storing and editing. Other specialized formats of an e-book are the Open Electronic Book Package Format (OPF), Arghos Diffusion, Flip Book, Fiction Book and Microsoft LIT.