video book
n.— «For those who don’t have the time to listen to an audiobook, let alone read a hardback or e-Book, HarperCollins brings you: the video book.…It expects to produce about six titles for video in house, which will be available for download on iPods and iPhones.…HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray didn’t care to guess how many v-books the company will sell.» —“Watched Any Good Books Lately? HarperCollins Tries ’Video Books'” by David Kaplan paidContent.org Feb. 2, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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