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Originally Posted by Luffy
As long as the word e-book is in usage, the term 'book' will have a limited, and as you say it, outdated definition. Same goes for audiobook. In fact, 'audiobook' is very far from being accepted as a 'book' compared to 'e-book'.
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IMHO Audiobook is a contraction for "Audio of a Book"
The reading is of the written word (with embellishments) .
Whereas the (radio)play, movie are more interpretations (sometime very loose) of the work. So much so, that there is usually a credit for the screen/play writer following the original author.
OTOH e-book versions carry most of the attributes of there paper siblings: Fonts, text, fleurons, Chapter sections, a similar blocked layout. So much so, that many could be sent directly to press and would be
usable , being only cosmetically different.