e-readern.
/ˈiːriːdə/, U.S. /ˈiˌridər/ 1. A person who reads electronic text; spec. a reader of an electronic version of a book, newspaper, etc., esp. as distinguished from a reader of a paper version.In quot. 1995: a person who reads emails.
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1995 T. Howard in Z. L. Berge & M. P. Collins Computer Mediated Communication & Online Classroom III. 162 E-readers usually don't read their mail every day and/or forget messages that they have read, so quoting a small excerpt from the message to which you're responding helps refresh their memories.
1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Style section) b5 (heading) E-letters from e-readers.
2001 Sunday Business (Electronic ed.) 28 Oct. Penguin intends to build a database of its e-readers and e-mail them sample chapters of authors it believes they will like.
2010 MIN Media Industry Newsletter (Nexis) 11 Oct. Four out of five prospective e-readers want to read magazines on their device.
2. A hand-held electronic device designed to be used for reading and storing digital versions of books, magazines, and other text; (also occasionally) an application designed for this purpose.In the United States, ereader is a proprietary name for software relating to electronic books.
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1999 N.Y. Times 10 May c6/3 Manufacturers expect the cost to fall below $100 or plunge to nothing as E-readers are given away..to entice customers to buy and download books.
2000 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 4 Oct. From what I understand, you have to download the e-reader first, before you can download the preview itself.
2011 M. Boxwell Make Ebook iii. 10 They can be read on desktop or notebook computers, on dedicated e-readers..and on many mobile phones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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