This invention deals with the electronic transfer, development, handling and charging of electronic book (eBook) loaning and selling. The e-Book loaning structure and user interface handling is suggested. The means to enhancing the eBook reading experience is suggested via various novel means including live electronic maps and drawings which are text related, moving images (pseodo movie like) related to text update etc. In addition a novel concept of updating the e-books while you read is introduced: where the user is able to change and update the content of the eBook giving him an intimately new experience in reading eBooks and Books in general. The e-Book reader is able to sell or loan parts of the eBook he obtained, whether by purchasing or borrowing. Further he may be actively stimulated to loan or sell the book he has, via a very sophisticated royalty system where it becomes beneficial for both the owner of the eBook and the reader to cause others to read it too. Finally, the user interface of the eBooks, and transfer mechanisms of the eBook and related media, between the various providers and consumers is given, completing the picture.
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