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!
Caren Milloy
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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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UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn
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