UTILIZING AN IMAGE FOR FACILITATING AN EBOOK TRANSACTION

1 . A computer implemented method for utilizing an image for facilitating an eBook transaction, said method comprising:

capturing a digital image of a portion of a book with a digital camera of an electronic personal display;

determining at the electronic personal display a unique identification of the book from the digital image;

outputting from the electronic personal display an offer to sell an eBook version of the book;

inputting into the electronic personal display an acceptance to purchase the eBook; and

providing the eBook in an e-library.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

automatically downloading the eBook from the e-library in a cloud repository to a local storage of an electronic reader (eReader).

3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

capturing a digital image of a portion of a hard copy book.

4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

capturing a digital image of a portion of an electronic book.

5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

performing an optical character recognition on the digital image.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

wherein the portion of the book is a cover.

7 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

wherein the portion of the book is an international standard book number (ISBN).

8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

wherein the portion of the book is a page of the book.

9 . A system comprising:

a digital image receiver to receive a digital image of a portion of a book;

a book identifying module to determine a unique identification of the book from the digital image;

a search module to search for an eBook version of the book; and

a purchase module to purchase the eBook and add the eBook to a buyer's e-library.

10 . The system of claim 9 further comprising:

automatically downloading the eBook to a buyer's computer.

11 . The system of claim 9 wherein the digital image is a photograph of a hard copy of the book.

12 . The system of claim 9 wherein the digital image is a photograph of an electronic copy of the book.

13 . The system of claim 9 wherein the book identifying module utilizes an optical character recognition on the digital image to determine the unique identification of the book.

14 . The system of claim 9 wherein the digital image of the portion of the book is selected from the group consisting of: a cover and a page of the book.

15 . The system of claim 9 wherein the digital image of the portion is selected from the group consisting of: an international standard book number (ISBN), a barcode, a matrix barcode, a universal product code (UPC), and a uniform resource locator (URL).

16 . A computer implemented method for utilizing an image for facilitating an eBook transaction, said method comprising:

receiving a digital image of a portion of a book;

utilizing the digital image to determine a unique identification of the book;

utilizing the unique identification of the book to find an eBook version;

providing an offer to sell an eBook version of the book;

receiving an acceptance to purchase the eBook; and

providing the eBook to a buyer's e-library.

17 . The method of claim 16 further comprising:

receiving the digital image of the portion of the book from a photograph of a hard copy of the book.

18 . The method of claim 16 further comprising:

receiving the digital image of the portion of the book from a photograph of an electronic copy of the book.

19 . The method of claim 16 further comprising:

performing an optical character recognition on the digital image of the portion of the book.

20 . The method of claim 16 wherein the portion of the book is selected from the group consisting of: a cover, an international standard book number (ISBN), a page of the book, a barcode, a matrix barcode, a universal product code (UPC), and a uniform resource locator (URL).