"That was why I wondered if it was better to go with eBook as I think it highlights the word more as an entity and also follows the iPhone, iPad model."
I would argue that iPhone etc are registered trademarks/brand names, and they change capitalisation as part of that - Camel Case<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase> shouldn't be used for standard nouns. It's a case of misapplying the rules for one thing onto another. In standard English, when a capital is needed, we don't make it the second letter of a word, it is always the first.
Some of the posters are spot on though. If the word is a recent combination/contraction then use a hyphen, so e-book/E-book. If it is so established that the hyphen is no longer needed to aid pronunciation, then it can be dropped, hence ebook/Ebook (for example the word email rarely uses a hyphen now, since it has been around for a long time). That's the only consideration.
Best wishes,
Karl
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From: Siobhan Burke [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 September 2011 09:08
Subject: Re: eBook or e-book?
Thanks for all your comments.
Ally, I take your point about dropping the hyphen. That was why I wondered if it was better to go with eBook as I think it highlights the word more as an entity and also follows the iPhone, iPad model.
I also agree that the hyphen is likely to be dropped in the future for the very reason you gave Caren about Twitter and it being just simpler and neater looking.
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Sent: 28 September 2011 17:45
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] eBook or e-book?
That's exactly what I do (for 'Serials') at the moment, Caren! Still clinging onto the hyphen for the time being. I suppose 'eresources' is a little odd without it. Hard not to read it as air sources or ear sources ...
and I can't help reading email as French for enamel even though it doesn't have the accent! I suppose the hyphen helps prevent a misreading and it's neater just to use it for everything. For now anyway ... always easier if you don't have to think too much.
Ally
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caren Milloy
Sent: 28 September 2011 17:24
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] eBook or e-book?
I have grappled with this for JISC Collections projects and reports. I once spent some time looking at university libraries to see if there was a more common use and gave up as clearly there were multiple versions within the catalogue or web pages on each library site.
I ended up using
e-books if mid-sentence and E-books for the start of sentences in the Observatory project reports and this is also in the JISC Collections style guide.
Publishers all use different forms, so much like the e-books market itself, it's all a bit random :)
However I am now starting to prefer ebooks as it is easier on twitter to drop the dash.
Not much help I suspect!
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ally Souster
Sent: 28 September 2011 16:10
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Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] eBook or e-book?
I don't think there is a standard way but would also be interested to know!
I think 'ebook' is least common, though we often get sent either 'eBook' or 'e-book' when authors submit articles to 'Serials'. We decided some time ago that our house style would be 'e-book' but don't know that there is really an accepted right or wrong format/spelling yet?
Ally Souster
(Publications Associate, UKSG)
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From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Siobhan Burke
Sent: 28 September 2011 15:58
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Subject: [lis-e-resources] eBook or e-book?
Does anyone happen to know or where I would find out if there is a standard format for displaying the term 'ebook'? I've used 3 different versions just in this email and although it's a bit trivial we'd like to know so that we can be consistent.
Thanks.
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lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
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