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We have made a distinction between book as the medium and books as the content for ages. It's just that we haven't had alternative formats for reading. If I say "There are copies of Don Quixote on the shelf", I am talking about the medium, rather than the content. If I ask "Have you read Don Quixote?" I'm talking about the content rather than the format. If we say that "book" only refers to the format, then we must dispense with the idea "Don Quixote" is a book. I submit that doing so would be a much greater change in language than is using book to refer to both paper and electronic formats.
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