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tisdag, oktober 09, 2012

Does "E-book" Need a Hyphen?

 

Troy K. wrote: "Kindles, Nooks, and headline hooks: Have you picked a side on 'e-book' versus 'eBook' versus 'ebook' versus 'electronic book' yet?"
The Associated Press and Chicago Manual of Style editors recommend "e-book." I'm with them on the hyphen.
  • Authors were treated badly in the recent e-book dispute.
  • E-books currently make up twenty percent of my book sales.
The choice between "e-book" and "ebook" could be considered a style choice, but "eBook" is simply wrong. Brand names, such as iPad, sometimes use camel case (an internal capital letter), but in standard English such style is unacceptable for anything other than names. /Grammar Girl

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