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Originally Posted by Sirtel
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.
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The main definition of "book" is...
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1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing
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(My emphasis on "blank.")
The word "book" comes from an ancient Saxon word for "beech" (the tree) because the ancient Germans and Saxons wrote runes on pieces of "beechen" board.
An eBook (when read with a computer)
simulates a book, but it's not the same, and an eBook doesn't stand on its own.
The reason I'm going through all this is that I'm trying to make you understand why people refer to paper books as "real books." And that, to them, it's almost never intended to be snarky — it's just that a paper book is tangible — they can hold it in their hands.
And that's all I'm trying to say.