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Originally Posted by rcentros
A book stands on its own. Before it's published you don't have a book. Once it's published it remains a book until it rots or is destroyed. An eBook must be combined (and will always require) some kind of electronic device to function as a book. It does not stand on its own.
Nothing controversial about this.
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For you, a book is its content printed on paper. For me, a book is the content, regardless of the container. So, our basic definition of a book is different. For me there's no such thing as a real book. As soon as the content exists, it's a book and it doesn't matter whether it has a container or not. For you, a book apparently doesn't exist until it's been printed on paper.