: Re: What is the correct term for eBook? According to Wikipedia there are several variations of the term; e-book, eBook, e-Book, ebook, digital book, or even e-edition. Is there anyone that is most

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Both are interchangeable, so you can use the hyphen-version as well as the non-hyphen version.

Since this is almost identical to the meta question “To hyphen - or not to hyphen? That is the question!”, I'll simply quote the answer I posted as reply to the meta question to make it complete…

There seems to be no general consensus. Both are apparently valid.

Personally, I would go for the version without the hyphen as that's easier to spell and remember. Trust me, I've got a website named like my nickname and sometimes, that hyphen is killing people. Thinking about it, I could imagine StackExchange came to a similar conclusion when dropping the hyphen.

Yet, that doesn't mean I would like to see edits by spelling-nazis who rant and rave on every hyphen they see. I would simply make both interchangeable, with the hyphen-version being treated as a synonym.

Talking about it, here are some related things I found in the dusty corners of the internet:


Digitalbookworld.com dived into the question with (an article and related poll) in May 25, 2012 with the following results:


Dailywritingtips.com wrote a related article and they also did a related poll, but that was 4 years ago.

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