Correct spelling for..........

by dkbiz92

Posted: 15 years ago 14 replies

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Which is the correct spelling?
A) ebook
B) eBook
c) e-book
D) E-Book
E) does it matter?

#ebook

domainarama 15 years ago

Language is always changing. What was correct yesterday could be incorrect tomorrow.

As far as spelling is concerned, you might want to use the spelling most people use today. That might or might not be the spelling in the dictionary today. The dictionary might be behind the times.

There is a general rule in language called Zipf's Law (it's not a Law, but that's another issue). It says that the more frequently a term is used the simpler it becomes. In the case of ebook, maybe at one time people inserted hyphens in the spelling. The more the word was used the less frequently people added hyphens. That narrows your choices down to eBook vs ebook. I would guess that some people used and maybe still use eBook. But over time eBook will inevitably be displaced by ebook, which is simpler.

But I don't know if everyone follows this convention today. If I were a betting dude I would bet that eventually ebook will be the dominant spelling.
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- seasoned 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by domainarama
  
  If I were a betting dude I would bet that eventually ebook will be the dominant spelling.
  
  If you were a betting man, you couldn't bet, because it already is!
  
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  Alan Petersen 15 years ago
  
  Interesting article about it here:
  
  Ebook, eBook, ebook or e-book?
  
  From that article:
  
  Richard Adams describes an experiment he ran with his per click advertising. He ran ads with three different spellings of e-book: Ebook, ebook, and eBook.
  
  According to his results, Ebook and ebook got about the same number of clicks, but eBook was a disaster. His conclusion:
  
  When using pay per click advertising, if your ad contains the word "ebook" never spell it as eBook.
  
  The other spelling options can all by semantics but looks like spelling it wrong for PPC can cost you money.
  
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seasoned 15 years ago

English doesn't capitalize items like this just because they are nouns. If it is at the beginning of a sentence, the e would be capitalized. Because e is short for electronic, I would THINK the hyphen would be more correct.

But I HAVE generally just said ebook.

Steve
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- AprilCT 15 years ago
  
  AP style updated says "e-book" is correct. AP Stylebook Online [2011]
  
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kokopelli 15 years ago

I prefer ebook or, sometimes, eBook ... just my personal choice, not saying it's correct or anything ...
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iidesu 15 years ago

I would choose the option (E).
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- domainarama 15 years ago
  
  It's okay with me too.
  
  For those of you not in on the inside joke, 'iidesu' is the Japanese word for 'okay'
  
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Melvin San Miguel 15 years ago

Out of all the options I would go for the first one a) ebook
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Sunfyre7896 15 years ago

All of the above as I've seen it spelled all those ways and read somewhere that all are correct so does it matter? I choose E. I choose E. oooh oooh. lol
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taskemann 15 years ago

In Microsoft Word, "eBook" is the right term.
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ChargeBacks 15 years ago

No E-book?
i choose this one.
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kattehudson 15 years ago

I prefer ebook it would go for this option.
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GT 15 years ago

I believe e-book is the most appropriate term ...

... However, I prefer to use eBook.

GT
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