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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Book refers to the content and not the medium
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I would say, certainly not. Surely in some clan, in some family, in some private communication code of some even numerous in millions people, there may be a convention as you wrote, as terms can be used (*used*) to mean anything.
In the indoeuropean tradition, the term 'book' was apparently created to indicate the product of beech, of selected bark ('bark' being "*white* rind"); 'liber' is peeled rind; 'byblos' is imported papyrus. Medium.
Content can be called, at least, 'text'.
There is a difference between how terms are used and what they are meant to mean. Not to get lost in the language, you have to keep the meaning close, and keep the metaphors checked under the former. (There is a difference between rethoric used with awareness and unaware "mutational, genetic" - largely implying random - use of the language.)
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
When we use words, we need to make sure we get the meaning correct
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That is exactly what I have done.