Re: Re: ebooks and spelling

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:26 AM, auwg <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Sounds good to me. Make it official.
> Also specifically define 'ebook' so it won't refer to the ereader devices
> rather than the files.
> Hm. There's a word for the next message: 'ereader'.
> Ed
>
>
> eReader is already a word, but it is currently being used for both the tech
used to read ebooks on and the readers (human beings) that love ebooks.
Rolling eyes. You just can't win.

Ironically, my oldest has owned an ereader (the tech) for the last five
years. When I purchased it for her, I was still calling it an ebook reader
or handheld reader. When she entered EPIC's New Voices contest last year (an
unpublished contest for teens), she was asked what she knew about ebooks,
and to my dismay, she replied that she owned one but didn't use it often.
Headdesk. I explained to her that it was the ereader...that the ereader was
the tech/hardware and the ebook was the software/content.

Brenna
-- 
http://www.brennalyons.com    http://www.facebook.com/brenna.lyons
"Though it went against his base nature, Davon -- son of Ares, Horseman of
War, and holder of the red sword -- had to make peace. What an odd turn his
life had taken." ALL'S FAIR...on presale at Silver Publishing
http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/coming-soon-c-2/all-s-fair-p-178


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