{"id":214,"date":"2017-01-08T05:49:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T05:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncx4voice.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2017-01-08T06:45:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T06:45:08","slug":"ebook-e-book-ebook-or-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johncx4voice.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/08\/ebook-e-book-ebook-or-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"ebook, e-book, Ebook, or eBook"},"content":{"rendered":"

ebook, e-book, Ebook, or eBook<\/h3>\n
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This will be a slight rant, so I thought there was trouble with audio book or audiobook! Well here is a whole new issue. I know we are on the cusp of a new dawn, the cutting edge of technology, the bend of the bee's knees, but seriously can't we just pick a word and agree on it!<\/p>\n

\u00a0So, I'm working with my editor (I feel like such a badass saying that) and the issue of the spelling of ebook came up. (And yes, for the record, I am going with ebook) so I googled it. Maeve Maddox of Daily Writing Tips has the following to say:<\/p>\n

\"I\u2019ve been using the spelling eBook. I think it looks classier than ebook or e-book, but that\u2019s just my opinion. To write this post I went to my usual venerable sources.<\/p>\n

The entry in the OED is spelled e-book.<\/p>\n

However, on the AskOxford site, it\u2019s spelled ebook.<\/p>\n

Merriam-Webster favors e-book.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Manual of Style has the spelling e-book in its index.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t find it in the Penguin Writer\u2019s Manual, but I do find e-mail, so I infer that they may favor e-book as well.<\/p>\n

According to the standard sources, therefore, it looks as if e-book is the spelling to go with.<\/p>\n

Or is it?<\/p>\n

My favorite, eBook, seems to enjoy a certain popularity in the publishing marketplace.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an online store called eBooks.com<\/p>\n

The ad for the Microsoft Reader uses eBook. (However, the spell checker in Word recognizes only e-book as the correct spelling.)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a Sony eBook Store.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Noble calls them eBooks.\"<\/p>\n

See, no confusion there! But since money talks, and public opinion rules, let's refer to Google Insights for Search tool, which measures overall searches on a term versus the total Web searches. There are much more searches for \u201cebooks\u201d than \u201ce-books,\u201d<\/p>\n

However in a public opinion poll by Digital Book World our friends prefer to eBooks in written form. Just remember you were there when e-mail made its transformation to email, and we are here now as ebook will come into its own. What a great time to be alive!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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