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Originally Posted by meeera
Most of the definitions I looked at were twofold: firstly, the physical object, and secondly, a literary composition (and then some other more minor definitions). It's really not that complicated. Lots of words have more than one meaning. Some people here get a little too rigid about "the way I use the word is the one and only true meaning". That's not how language works.
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To me, a "book" is many things. I call all of my e-readers "books" (but not my tablets--while I may read on a tablet or phone (or computer) in a pinch, those are mostly used for other things.) I also call the things that my e-readers contain "books". I also call the things in my bookshelf that are made of paper "books".
To me, a "book" is both the container and the contents. Some books are/contain short stories, some novels, some biographies, some are non-fiction books that are/contain recipes, and lessons, and reference material.
Someone else's definition may be slightly different...I don't worry about that. If I talk about my book and I'm referencing my Kindle, people usually know what I'm talking about. If they don't, I explain it to them. If they still want to argue about it, I walk away. Life is too short to argue about the definition of a book.
Shari