: Re: Defining Terms: To Capitalize or Not To Capitalize? Let's say that I defined a new term in my writing, such as (yes, it's second-person): You spot a Holo-Readerâ€”a long, silver metal tube

My preference would lean toward no capitalization at all. Definitely not differing caps throughout the book. In fact, I wouldn't hyphenate it. To treat a new word as a normally used word gives a valuable feel of reality to the object. Isaac Asimov used this technique in his sci-fi Foundation series, and it lent credibility to the world he created.

Of course, that is just the preference of an avid reader. You could probably get more authoritative suggestions and opinions from Writers.SE.

You spot a holoreaderâ€”a long, silver metal tube that records holograms in three dimensions for later playback.

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