Information and communication technology has changed the world in every possible way. It made human beings smarter, work efficiently, and multitasks simultaneously. Life has become smoother and sophisticated now. Of course, made humans life sedentary and lazy too. This process of digitalization, meaning the increased use of different electronic gadgets, including smart phones to accomplish a variety of tasks, witnessed a steady rise in the first decade of twenty first century. Easy availability of devices and quick adaptation of younger generations aided the process. Developments of appropriate softwares to broaden the utility of the devices increased the acceptability and made these an essential part of our daily life.

Publishing is one such an area, which came under severe strain because of the digitalization. Increased screen area of smart electronics and touch interface made them the right choice reading. Digital technologies allowed integration of some other essential feature to spice up the reading. Easy to carry and operate from anywhere, even while on the movies the other advantage these devices brought in. The arrival of iPad, and subsequent flood of Tablets by different manufacturers took this process to a new high.

In the beginning, the publishing business suffered huge loss of readership and profits for the online publishing. This new form of publishing is easy and convenient and has the capacity to reach out to billions of people across the length and breadth of the globe, blurring the boundaries. Online publication of books and magazine become popular in the changed world. Some of the big names in the publishing industry either stopped print publication, or in the final phases of winding up the business, to focus on the digital editions. This is the perfect reflection of the times.

The advantages the Digital Books and Magazines bring are enormous, both for the publishers and the readers. The EBooks can be accessed from anywhere and everywhere with an electronic device and a connection to the internet.  It doesn’t require any physical presence and can be downloaded or saved on the device and read uninterrupted. In a way, this is a revolution in the spreading of information and ensured a great level playing field to all by democratizing the access to information, which is a key to the empowerment. These online books offered a great potential to the publishers in reaching out to different social groups and to increase revenue. For readers, reading has become personal and uninterrupted; they can access the books and magazines on a range of devices at their convenience.