Ebooks can be read on various electronic devices
Dan and Alice talk about the rise of electronic books, or ebooks, which can be read on devices like the Amazon Kindle or Apple iPad.
This week's question:
In May this year, how many ebooks were available on the British Amazon site? Was it:
a) 65,000
b) 650,000
c) 6.5 million
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
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Vocabulary
- ebooks
electronic books (which can be read on electronic devices like the Amazon Kindle or Apple iPad)
- digital
something which operates by using a computer processor
- to download
to get information or digital material from a source on the internet and save it onto your computer or digital device
- online
on the internet
- hardbacks
books with stiff, hard covers
- paperbacks
books with covers made of card which can be easily bent or creased
- bankrupt
unable to pay back the debts it owes
- to publish
to print something written, or make it available to the public
- stable
not likely to change or come to an end
- the nuts and bolts
the basic, essential parts
