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e-book

American  
[ee-book] / ˈiˌbʊk /
Or ebook,

noun

  • e-books
    plural
  1. a book in digital form.

  2. e-reader.


e-book British  

noun

  1. a book in electronic form

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to book (hospital appointments, airline tickets, etc) through the internet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of e-book

1980–85; e- 2 (electronic) + book


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The title just debuted at #12 on the New York Times combined print and e-book nonfiction bestseller list.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

With these tools, users get access to an e-book or audiobook alongside an AI chatbot.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Twenty-five years after publication, King’s “On Writing” remains so popular that, as of this writing, 125 people are in line to borrow the e-book from the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

Can you explain how e-book sales help independent bookstores?

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

The Errata at the end of the book have been incorporated into this e-book.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington

Back in Kabul, the 29-year-old student said time-saving artificial intelligence tools are now out of reach, while people now have to carry dozens of physical books around campus instead of using e-books.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The move will mean owners of older Kindles, including its earliest models such as the Kindle Touch and some Kindle Fire tablets, will be unable to download new e-books.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

The trend has spawned a cottage industry of e-books, Zoom workshops by “vaccine friendly” doctors offering alternative schedules, bespoke inoculations and post-vaccine detox regimens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

Kennedy floated increasingly abstract hypotheticals, asking whether restrictions could apply to books or satellite-transmitted e-books.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

By September of 2001, the month I signed the contract, e-books had become almost a dead topic.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Sam Williams

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