Thread: What is your preferred way of referring to non-ebooks? (when needing to distinguish)
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Old 07-11-2017, 10:44 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by sun surfer View Post
Traditional books is a good one, as is paperback/hardback. I thought it probably wouldn't be that popular but I'm surprised no one has chosen spined books. I've definitely heard others use the term and more than once, but admittedly it has been a long while since the last time.
Maybe because using "spined books" would suggest that ebooks are spineless, and that just wouldn't be right.
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