Re: eBook or eText
- From: "David S. Carter" <superman@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: eBook or eText
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:35:56 -0400
At IPL we have always used 'Online Texts' as the most descriptive
term for what we offer. However, with our upcoming site redeisgn
(hopefully in December) we will most likely change over to 'eBooks',
'cause that's the term that speaks to the most people. However, I
imagine that opinions on this will vary greatly...
At 11:45 AM -0400 on 10/20/01, Michael Hart wrote:
>There has been some discussion as to which term means what,
>along with comments by one party that a comphrehensive list
>of sites did not include "eText" at all. . . .
>
>Any comments about the following:
>
>Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
>Online Books http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu
>Etext Archives http://www.etext.org
>Project Gutenberg http://gutenberg.net
>
>
>[Moderator: As editor of one of the sites above, I'll note just for
> factual accuracy that The Online Books Page uses neither "etext" nor
> "ebook" in its terminology. - JMO]
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