Re: origin of "ebook"
Juliet Sutherland <[email protected]>
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I believe the late Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg often claimed to
have invented the term, although he was known to turn small truths into
larger ones.
Juliet Sutherland
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On 4/18/2013 4:05 AM, josephHarris wrote:
>
> I recall about ten or a dozen years ago someone on this list claimed to
> have the first to suggest and use the term "ebook" [it may have been as
> "e-book", "E-book" or "Ebook"], but I cannot recall now who, and cannot
> face digging out my old discs.
>
> Who was it; are they still on the list; and when did they first use it?
>
> TIA
>
> Joseph Harris
>
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