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Old 05-19-2008, 01:07 PM   #200
GeoffC
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post

I still don't like the prefix 'e'. A book is a book, an organized text. And a machine to read, being, electronic, nuclear or intracranial should be called a book processor. Wouldn't it be logical that its name followed that of the software that created it?
A book is a book, I've no problem with that definition-it imparts information in a textual form (occasionally with pictures thrown in).
The e-book definition indicates that the information is in an electronic format; and needs a computer to display it, rather than paper, papyrus, scroll, teashirt, cave-wall etc etc.

I like "slate"
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