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Originally Posted by John F
[...] "Have you read a good book lately?"
I would answer "yes", and leave out the original definition answer of " no, but I read a good ebook on an ereader"
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Skipping to what I understand to be the context of interest here and totally agreeing that context is important. Thus, if someone who exclusively reads paper books says they read a good book they're unlikely to even consider qualifying the phrase. It only becomes a possible consideration where the edition becomes relevant.
I've discovered that ebook can become a relevant qualifier (or more likely "electronic book" for the audience in question), because some of the the books I would like to recommend to certain people I cannot, because the books have only come out as ebooks and these people don't have an ereader (and are highly unlikely to attempt to read a novel on their phone).
This emphasises what rcentros about paper books being considered "real" - in the sense of being tangible - because as long as you've got the paper book you can read it, you don't need anything else. (
This isn't trying to argue that paper books are better, just that there are actual functional differences. Different doesn't necessarily mean better or worse.)