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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As long as the word e-book is in usage, the term 'book' will have a limited, and as you say it, outdated definition.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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Audio books (in a sense) predate books as we know them. At one time that was the only way any book was passed on. Homer's books were meant for reading aloud for example. Plus of course many people weren't literate back then but everyone could understand the spoken word (in their own tongue at least). And some books (i.e. the Bible for example) were passed on that way for generations before anyone wrote them down. That's also the reason for some old rhymes we still have with us like "30 days hath September.." Many couldn't read, or afford the books if they could prior to Gutenberg's press so knowledge was memorized from hearing someone speak it.