Definitions for e-book
e-book

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1. e-booknoun

   electronic book, a book published in electronic form

2. Etymology: Contraction of electronic book.

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1. e-book

   An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Although sometimes defined as "an electronic version of a printed book", some e-books exist without a printed equivalent. E-books can be read on dedicated e-reader devices, but also on any computer device that features a controllable viewing screen, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. In the 2000s, there was a trend of print and e-book sales moving to the Internet, where readers buy traditional paper books and e-books on websites using e-commerce systems. With print books, readers are increasingly browsing through images of the covers of books on publisher or bookstore websites and selecting and ordering titles online; the paper books are then delivered to the reader by mail or another delivery service. With e-books, users can browse through titles online, and then when they select and order titles, the e-book can be sent to them online or the user can download the e-book. By the early 2010s, e-books had begun to overtake hardcover by overall publication figures in the U.S.The main reasons for people buying e-books are possibly lower prices, increased comfort (as they can buy from home or on the go with mobile devices) and a larger selection of titles. With e-books, "electronic bookmarks make referencing easier, and e-book readers may allow the user to annotate pages." "Although fiction and non-fiction books come in e-book formats, technical material is especially suited for e-book delivery because it can be digitally searched" for keywords. In addition, for programming books, code examples can be copied. The amount of e-book reading is increasing in the U.S.; by 2014, 28% of adults had read an e-book, compared to 23% in 2013; and by 2014, 50% of American adults had an e-reader or a tablet, compared to 30% owning such devices in 2013.Besides published books and magazines that have a digital equivalent, there are also digital textbooks, that are intended to serve as the text for a class and help in technology-based education.

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1. E-book

   An electronic book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, and produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic version of a printed book," but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent. Commercially produced and sold E-books are usually intended to be read on dedicated e-book readers. However, almost any sophisticated electronic device that features a controllable viewing screen, including computers, many mobile phones, and nearly all smartphones, can also be used to read e-books. Some companies, such as Amazon, with their Kindle for PC software, provide an emulator that allows a user to read their format on other platforms.

Anagrams for e-book »

1. booke

How to pronounce e-book?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of e-book in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of e-book in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of e-book in a Sentence

1. Suzanne Langs:

   It was a book we wanted Suzanne Langs to have but couldn't find, something that reflected the different families we saw around us the way other books for the age group might present shapes or colors.

2. Amos Bronson Alcott, Table Talk:

   That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

3. John Steinbeck:

   The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

4. Van Jones:

   The real Kim is a little bit of a nerd quite frankly, and a little bit of a book worm, she just inhales this legal stuff in a way that's hard to imagine. You've got four little kids and a celebrity husband and a bunch of businesses to run, but she is just inhaling these law books. I mean listen, does she authentically like beauty and fashion and all that stuff ? Yeah, but I think that she was moving in this direction as a kid. I think she wanted to be like her dad.

5. South African Stacey Fru:

   I thought the books I was reading were also made by the kids my age and I thought okay, I want to be like them and I want to write my own book, so I did, ... I knew ('Smelly Cats') was going to be a good story. So I didn't do any extra planning, I just started ...writing first day.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/E-Book
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Book
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=e-book