The evolution of the book - Julie Dreyfuss
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Ciocia
In English, and many other languages, the word book has two meanings
1. The physical object
2. Its contents
It's confusing the two that leads to silly and childish debates like are ebooks really books. If you say that ebooks aren't really books because there's no paper, covers, etc, then please think deeply, who is the author of the book. Because the author can only mean the person who created something, and if a book means only the physical object than the author of a book can only mean a person who created that physical object. But that's not what it means. The author of a book is a person who created the contents, even if they never put it physically on paper. So if you can write a book without manufacturing the object it means that the book can exist outside that object. Ergo, ebooks are books in the second sense.
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In English, and many other languages, the word book has two meanings
1. The physical object
2. Its contents
It's confusing the two that leads to silly and childish debates like are ebooks really books. If you say that ebooks aren't really books because there's no paper, covers, etc, then please think deeply, who is the author of the book. Because the author can only mean the person who created something, and if a book means only the physical object than the author of a book can only mean a person who created that physical object. But that's not what it means. The author of a book is a person who created the contents, even if they never put it physically on paper. So if you can write a book without manufacturing the object it means that the book can exist outside that object. Ergo, ebooks are books in the second sense.
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kron
okay i have a strong opinion on this. People who prefer e-books are bigger fans of the functionality of things they are movers and people of innovation. They find that books is not the paper it is written on but the words that it holds and emerge into the story the same way. While people who prefer physical books are more merged into the experience that comes with it glancing at thee cover a couple times during a chapter smelling the pages and covering up in a warm blanket to emerge into the story. I personally prefer e-books but i think that we should be able to read a book without being toldthat it is not a real book because a different opinion shouldn't ruin the experience of others
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okay i have a strong opinion on this. People who prefer e-books are bigger fans of the functionality of things they are movers and people of innovation. They find that books is not the paper it is written on but the words that it holds and emerge into the story the same way. While people who prefer physical books are more merged into the experience that comes with it glancing at thee cover a couple times during a chapter smelling the pages and covering up in a warm blanket to emerge into the story. I personally prefer e-books but i think that we should be able to read a book without being toldthat it is not a real book because a different opinion shouldn't ruin the experience of others
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FrequencyPanel
a book has a template, an order, a development, and a length different from a blog, an article, or a letter/email. That content could and would be produced for the standard tangible book experience. It's the content that dictates it's format and production, not the other way around.
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a book has a template, an order, a development, and a length different from a blog, an article, or a letter/email. That content could and would be produced for the standard tangible book experience. It's the content that dictates it's format and production, not the other way around.
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Haeley
In my opinion books are group of pages bound together to tell a story. But a real book adds a certain aesthetic and deeper personal experience because it is something real that an ebook just doesn't give BUT it is in technical sense it is a book.
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In my opinion books are group of pages bound together to tell a story. But a real book adds a certain aesthetic and deeper personal experience because it is something real that an ebook just doesn't give BUT it is in technical sense it is a book.
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Aristocles
This talk contains at least one error. The Chinese invented paper for use in packaging. They wrapped packages in paper, but for writing they used silk. Only later did paper replace silk as the medium for writing.
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This talk contains at least one error. The Chinese invented paper for use in packaging. They wrapped packages in paper, but for writing they used silk. Only later did paper replace silk as the medium for writing.
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drsingingeagle
Thank you so much! .__. I shall indeed share this with my Humanities students. Also, it's cool how you leave us with a RHETORICAL question rather than tell us what to think.
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Thank you so much! .__. I shall indeed share this with my Humanities students. Also, it's cool how you leave us with a RHETORICAL question rather than tell us what to think.
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Ms.
I think that e-books are the best for different reasons, but I can never study without having a marker and a physical book in my hand I just can't, nothing Will stick into my brain
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I think that e-books are the best for different reasons, but I can never study without having a marker and a physical book in my hand I just can't, nothing Will stick into my brain
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Yusuf
I think the real physical book and the smell of the paper are very crucial at least for me; because I've always wished to live in ancient times.
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I think the real physical book and the smell of the paper are very crucial at least for me; because I've always wished to live in ancient times.
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cringe
The other reason why I love books is because it's so satisfying especially when you shake it. Am I the only one who felt like this?
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The other reason why I love books is because it's so satisfying especially when you shake it. Am I the only one who felt like this?
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