For Every thing Turn Turn Turn

Think about it...YOU ARE  A ROCK STAR and everyone who is in real estate has a story -- for men his story and for women her story. You probably download every eBook as an incentive by the owner of the web site who has broken the code to creating an eBook...on any topic related to real estate investing. But have you wondered how the eBook was invented? Well this blog actually tells you the real story of the inventor and his prototype. 

The savvy real estate investor who knows how to market can now create an automated sales funnel which uses eBooks as "incentivised marketing campaigns" --- but you already know that...on Bigger Pockets you receive free downloads from the founders. Now it is your turn...To every thing... turn! turn! turn! there is a season.... turn! turn! turn!

Michael S. Hart (1971)

Despite the extensive earlier history, several publications report Michael S. Hart  as the inventor of the e-book. In 1971, the operators of the Xerox Sigma V mainframe at the University of Illinois gave Hart extensive computer-time. Seeking a worthy use of this resource, he created his first electronic document by typing the United States Declaration of Independence into a computer in plain text.Hart planned to create documents using plain text to make them as easy as possible to download and view on devices.

Early e-book implementations

After Hart first adapted the Declaration of Independence into an electronic document in 1971, Project Gutenberg was launched to create electronic copies of more texts - especially books. 

Another early e-book implementation was the desktop prototype for a proposed notebook computer, the Dynabook. in the 1970s at PARC: a general-purpose portable personal computer capable of displaying books for reading.

First portable electronic book

In 1980 the Department of Defense began concept development for a portable electronic delivery device for technical maintenance information called project PEAM, the Portable Electronic Aid for Maintenance. Detailed specifications were completed in FY 82, and prototype development began with Texas Instruments that same year. Four prototypes were produced and delivered for testing in 1986. Tests were completed in 1987. The final summary report was produced by the US Army research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in 1989 authored by Robert Wisher and J. Peter Kincaid.

A patent application for the PEAM device was submitted by Texas Instruments titled "Apparatus for delivering procedural type instructions" was submitted Dec 4, 1985 listing John K. Harkins and Stephen H. Morriss as inventors.

In 1992, Sony  launched the Data Discman, an electronic book reader that could read e-books that were stored on CDs. One of the electronic publications that could be played on the Data Discman was called The Library of the Future.

Early e-books were generally written for specialty areas and a limited audience, meant to be read only by small and devoted interest groups. The scope of the subject matter of these e-books included technical manuals for hardware, manufacturing techniques, and other subjects. In the 1990s, the general availability of the made transferring electronic files much easier, including e-books.

NOW TAKE ACTION and write your story and publish it for everyone to read or become a co-author with yours truly in his book (oophs I did it again).