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e-book

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

noun

  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

Example Sentences

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With no major investments planned in near term, the Thailand e-book distributor is expected to sustain a 75% payout ratio, implying dividend yields of 6% in 2025, 7% in 2026, and 7% in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Because of Libby and other e-book apps, people do not need to travel to libraries or bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

You can't ask a customer, “Stop buying books on Amazon,” with an asterisk: “Except when you need to buy an e-book, in which case, you're out of luck.”

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

Michigan receives $10 from the sale of each tablet and 10 percent of all e-book, music, game, and movie sales from its contract with JPay.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

In the original, they were displayed as wide landscape pages, which could not be rendered effectively in e-book format.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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