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Originally Posted by John F
I thought that ebooks were published? An author submits a manuscript (something) to a publisher (normally) and the publisher does there magic and publishes it in all it forms: pbook, ebook, abook, braille, ...
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So, if I give you an eBook (on a thumb drive) how do you read it? If you don't have some kind of computer (including an eReader) you can't. An eBook can not be read on its own, it requires an intermediate device. It doesn't even have words, it's just a long string of ones and zeroes if you don't have a computer.
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Originally Posted by John F
By your definition a pbook isn't a book, a pbook requires some sort of device to turn the page?
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No, a book is a book (and remains a book until crumbles into dust or is destroyed). It's existence doesn't depend on whether someone reads it or not. Just as a tree remains a tree whether or not anyone sees it.