e-bookn.

Brit.

/ˈiːbʊk/, U.S.

/ˈiˌbʊk/

Forms: 1900s– e-book, 1900s– ebook; also with capital initial in either or both of the elements.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: e- comb. form², book n.

Etymology: < e- comb. form² + book n.

1. A hand-held electronic device designed to be used for reading and storing digital versions of books, magazines, and other texts; = e-reader n. 2. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1988 Amer. Libraries May 391/2 Things to come... The E-book, a small, hand-held, flat recording device able to replay text as a portable cassette player replays sound.

1999 Time 3 May 84/1 When you select a book you want, it's encrypted and beamed to your desktop computer. You can store it there or send it on to your eBook using a simple ‘librarian’ software interface.

2. A book written and distributed in an electronic format for reading on an e-reader or a computer screen, esp. (in later use) one in a format designed specifically for use with an e-book reader.

ΚΠ

2000 Independent 8 June i. 5/3 Stephen King's recent e-book, the 67-page Riding The Bullet, which was sold in downloadable chapters over the internet, sold more than 500,000 copies.

2015 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 24/2 While the rest of the book trade is being pauperised by ebooks and cheap Amazon deals, children's publishers are raking it in.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as e-book format, e-book publisher, e-book version, etc.

ΚΠ

1991 N. Woodhead Hypertext & Hypermedia i. iv. 64 (caption) An E-book treatment of the present text.

1999 Pop. Sci. Feb. 56/3 Once an e-book version has been created, it costs next to nothing to keep it available.

2000 Edupage (online newsletter) 3 May E-book publishers cannot sacrifice good editing and proofing for speedy upload.

2006 Financial Times 12 Apr. (Digital Business section) 8/1 Ebook sales have been relatively sluggish.

2010 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 31 Mar. 8 c/2 Amazon has tried to snag as much of the e-book market as possible since launching the Kindle in 2007.

2015 G. Wisker Getting Published iii. xiii. 286 There is a wealth of advice online concerning publishing your own work in e-book format.

C2.

e-book reader n. (a) a hand-held electronic device designed to be used for reading and storing digital versions of books, magazines, and other texts; (also) a software application for reading e-books; = e-reader n. 2; (b) a person who reads e-books.

ΚΠ

1992 Re: Advt. Skippers in rec.arts.sf.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Jan. Are you willing to bet that in 50 years, the price of an e-book reader (amortized over all the books it's used to read) will be higher than paper books?

2001 Technol. Rev. Nov. 24/2 Many e-book readers..feel that once they've purchased a book, they should be able to read it wherever they want.

2005 Mobile Choice 10 Mar. 75/1 An ebook reader for your phone so you're never without a good book.

2009 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Dec. a15/1 As an avid e-book reader, I just wanted to correct a couple of points in the ‘cons’ part of the article.

2014 L. J. Waks Education 2.0 ii. viii. 97 E-book readers with e-paper and e-ink that emulate the feel of ink on paper have changed the game.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	e-book
释义	e-bookn. Brit. /ˈiːbʊk/, U.S. /ˈiˌbʊk/ Forms: 1900s– e-book, 1900s– ebook; also with capital initial in either or both of the elements. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: e- comb. form², book n. Etymology: < e- comb. form² + book n. 1. A hand-held electronic device designed to be used for reading and storing digital versions of books, magazines, and other texts; = e-reader n. 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1988 Amer. Libraries May 391/2 Things to come... The E-book, a small, hand-held, flat recording device able to replay text as a portable cassette player replays sound. 1999 Time 3 May 84/1 When you select a book you want, it's encrypted and beamed to your desktop computer. You can store it there or send it on to your eBook using a simple ‘librarian’ software interface. 2. A book written and distributed in an electronic format for reading on an e-reader or a computer screen, esp. (in later use) one in a format designed specifically for use with an e-book reader. ΚΠ 2000 Independent 8 June i. 5/3 Stephen King's recent e-book, the 67-page Riding The Bullet, which was sold in downloadable chapters over the internet, sold more than 500,000 copies. 2015 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 24/2 While the rest of the book trade is being pauperised by ebooks and cheap Amazon deals, children's publishers are raking it in. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as e-book format, e-book publisher, e-book version, etc. ΚΠ 1991 N. Woodhead Hypertext & Hypermedia i. iv. 64 (caption) An E-book treatment of the present text. 1999 Pop. Sci. Feb. 56/3 Once an e-book version has been created, it costs next to nothing to keep it available. 2000 Edupage (online newsletter) 3 May E-book publishers cannot sacrifice good editing and proofing for speedy upload. 2006 Financial Times 12 Apr. (Digital Business section) 8/1 Ebook sales have been relatively sluggish. 2010 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 31 Mar. 8 c/2 Amazon has tried to snag as much of the e-book market as possible since launching the Kindle in 2007. 2015 G. Wisker Getting Published iii. xiii. 286 There is a wealth of advice online concerning publishing your own work in e-book format. C2. e-book reader n. (a) a hand-held electronic device designed to be used for reading and storing digital versions of books, magazines, and other texts; (also) a software application for reading e-books; = e-reader n. 2; (b) a person who reads e-books. ΚΠ 1992 Re: Advt. Skippers in rec.arts.sf.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 20 Jan. Are you willing to bet that in 50 years, the price of an e-book reader (amortized over all the books it's used to read) will be higher than paper books? 2001 Technol. Rev. Nov. 24/2 Many e-book readers..feel that once they've purchased a book, they should be able to read it wherever they want. 2005 Mobile Choice 10 Mar. 75/1 An ebook reader for your phone so you're never without a good book. 2009 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Dec. a15/1 As an avid e-book reader, I just wanted to correct a couple of points in the ‘cons’ part of the article. 2014 L. J. Waks Education 2.0 ii. viii. 97 E-book readers with e-paper and e-ink that emulate the feel of ink on paper have changed the game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1988
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