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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The fact that our definitions of "book" differ is irrelevant to whether or not ebooks are "real." I stand by my assessment. Anyone who uses the the term "real book" is showing their disdain for (or ignorance of) "ebooks."
And seriously ... if someone asks you, "did you read this book?", are you really telling me that you're going to say, "no, but I did read the 'Electronic Representation' of it" ? That's just silly.
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I'm not talking about whether ebooks are real (of course they are). I'm not even advocating that we stop calling them books, since it would be next to impossible to achieve. I just don't have a problem with using the term "real book" when talking about the physical form rather than the contents.