An e-book is a book you read on a screen — a phone, a tablet, a computer, or a small machine made just for reading — instead of on paper. The story and the words are the same kind of thing as a printed book; what changes is the body. You can often make the letters bigger, search for a word, or carry hundreds of titles in one bag.

An e-book is a book e-book 是一本書， you read on a screen你在螢幕上讀它—— a phone, a tablet, a computer手機、平板、電腦， or a small machine made just for reading或一台專門用來閱讀的小機器—— instead of on paper而不是在紙上。 The story and the words故事和文字 are the same kind of thing as a printed book跟紙本書是同一種東西； what changes is the body改變的是身體。 You can often你常常可以 make the letters bigger把字放大、 search for a word搜尋某個字， or carry hundreds of titles in one bag或在一個包包裡帶著幾百本書。

Some people use e-book only for the file, and call the machine an e-reader; other people use e-book loosely for both.

Some people有些人 use e-book only for the file只用 e-book 指那個檔案， and call the machine an e-reader機器叫 e-reader； other people另一些人 use e-book loosely for both兩個都鬆鬆地叫 e-book。

It is an everyday word now, at home in shops and schools. It is not a book about electronics, and it is not the same as an audiobook, which you listen to.

It is an everyday word now它現在是日常用字， at home in shops and schools在商店和學校都很自在。 It is not a book about electronics它不是講電子學的書， and it is not the same as an audiobook也不等於有聲書 audiobook， which you listen to那是用聽的。