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Originally Posted by Sirtel
What's objectionable is someone specifically using "real books" to diminish or belittle ebooks or audiobooks. As in "I prefer real books", "Nothing beats the smell and feel of real books" and so on. In short, when the speaker/poster means (consciously or subconsciously) to convey the perceived inferiority of ebooks.
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That's what I meant; don't let them co-opt the word "real" to evoke superiority or any implicit positives.
"I prefer real books."
"Do you? I prefer virtual books."
Essentially force the conversation so that the opposite of "real" is "virtual" or "digital" and not "fake" or "phony". You define the terms, not the paperite.