Thread: Use of the term ebuchleser outside of MobileRead
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Old 06-29-2010, 02:25 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by NormHart View Post
What is interesting is that at least two of those entries pre-date Donnageddon's "invention" of the term by months and do appear to be referring directly to ebook reading devices. This would give the term ebuchleser primacy compared to liseuse since it is used in it's native language to describe an ebook reader, unlike liseuse.
i'm not sure where you might have gotten the idea that "liseuse" is not used in french to describe an ebook reader. take it from an actual french person, it is. here's an example from an article i was reading earlier today, about the cost of ebooks, published by the very serious news magazine "L'Express" :

http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre...er_902339.html

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Les conclusions font état de coûts moyens prenant en compte la production d'un fichier au format ePub pour liseuses ou tablettes graphiques, et sa diffusion.
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