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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
If I would call it a liceause people would look at me as if I'm crazy... I actually had that happen on sunday already. I mentioned this thread at the breakfast table. And my husband, who has been reading electronically as long as I am, had no idea what I was talking about. He kept thinking he missed a word or something (and I did pronounce it the correct way even!). So, I'll just keep on calling it an electronic book, ebook reader, or just a book.
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book is a generic term for various types of books - paperback, hardback, electronic just as file is a generic term for various kinds of files - word, text, jpg...
ebook is a term that is used both for an ebook reader and for a specific type of book. There is nothing wrong with that as the meaning is conveyed by the usage as is true of many words in English.