Re: origin of "ebook"
"Christopher R. Maden" <crism-KB/[email protected]>
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On 04/18/2013 01:21 PM, I wrote:
> That same article says that “ebook” was a well-established term by
> 1985, but does not say when the contraction happened.
I misread the Wikipedia article; that reference was to the term
“electronic book.”
> I’ve asked a friend who is a science editor at a major dictionary to
> research it.
Their earliest citation seems to be the same as the OED:
American Libraries
May 1, 1988
Public librarians take cool view of future; leadership, not technology,
may be the issue.
BYLINE: Hennem, Thomas J., Jr.
SECTION: Pg. p390(3) Vol. V19 No. N5 ISSN: 0002-9769
"* The E-book, a small, hand-held, flat recording device able to replay
text as a portable cassette player replays sound. Librarians who argued
that mass storage devices could never replace the book may be wrong-you
can cuddle up with the E-book."
This is clearly referring to what most of us would now call an e-book
reader, but is consistent with some earlier uses (like the Rocket eBook).
So, let’s help the lexicographers: what is the earliest published use of
“ebook” or “e-book” you can find? Internet sources count, as long as
the dating is reliable (e.g., the Internet Archive or USENET).
~Chris
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