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Originally Posted by mrscoach
Can someone tell me what "book" means? Is it the words, story and content, or the actual pages bound together? To me, a book is the story, complete with words, thoughts and intent. Yes, I know one definition is 'a set of sheets bound into a volume', but I think what is written is more important.
Does it really matter what format the 'book' is delivered in? Someone still authored the story, and someone else is reading it.
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I also think it means a specific edition. It is an artifact that cannot be changed. And that is a big advantage. One thing I find annoying with Gutenberg based ebooks is that it is often impossible to see what printed edition they are based on. Often they can be based on more than one edition which I think is problematic.
I think there is a big risk that it will be impossible to say that you have read a specific edition of a book soon. Also if the insanity with DRM continues books will begin to disappear.