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: a book composed in or converted to digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device
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Our library system also has a large collection of magazines available on the Libby e-book platform.
—Beth Cronk, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Followers began posting videos and comments, skeptical of some educators who were using the Hillman hashtag as a way to monetize their content, promoting their own merchandise and e-books.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Sunrise on the Reaping will be available in print as well as e-book and audiobook formats on March 18, 2025 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.
—Staff Author, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Readers can borrow e-books for free and download them or send them straight to their Kindle.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
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First Known Use
1988, in the meaning defined above
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“E-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-book. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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e-book
nounˈē-ˌbu̇k
: a book composed in or converted to a digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device
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