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Originally Posted by GeoffC
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I don't think so. I've not had anyone in real life confuse ereader, the device, with ereader, the format. In fact, in my experience, people who have only a passing knowledge of such devices appear to have adopted 'ereader' as their preferred name.
But another point is that 'ereader' as a name for a format is unlikely to have a lengthy lifespan anyway.
The word will be more useful, and permanent, as a name for the device imho.
In the end, the right name will emerge naturally - it might be 'ereader', it might not; time will tell.