: a book composed in or converted to digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device

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The marketplace is structured into vertical-specific segments that include dedicated spaces for advertising services, live events, animation and VFX, extended reality technologies, film projects, game development, radio and podcasting, comics and e-books, web series, and music and sound design. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025 Think templates, mini-courses, digital planners, how-to guides, kits, e-books, even wall art and calendars. Rachel Wells, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 That expansion comes despite trends favoring online book merchants like Amazon, e-book streaming sites like Audible or independent booksellers like Miami’s Books & Books that serve locals with events catering to the community like the annual Miami Book Fair. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 Constantin said that this money impacts the availability of e-books to residents or subsidizing internet speeds between the town library and the central library system in California. Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for e-book

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of e-book was in 1988

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“E-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-book. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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e-book

noun
ˈē-ˌbu̇k
: a book composed in or converted to a digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device

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