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I never said I paid much attention to them. But the pushback was there from the beginning. Whenever I shared that I had adopted ebooks, the book-petters and book-sniffers came out of the woodwork to voice their disdain.
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"How dare you adopt a new technology for something as basic as reading a book!"
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03-20-2023, 01:02 PM | #20 |
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I stand and attest that indeed I have very likely been one of those hateful and hurtful spewers of the phrase 'real books' here on MR. But there was no malice in it. Paper books have been THE format for so long, that when discussing them as something different than ebooks or audio books, the phrase 'paper books' just doesn't leap to mind.
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Coming from you, no one would take it amiss. I meant people specifically mentioning real books as opposed to ebooks. I don't actually remember who those people were, I just remember reading such stuff in more than one post. |
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Eh, I have no issue with the term "real books" and I know I've used it here. Real v. virtual, what's the problem? By objecting to the term "real books" you're just buying into the mindset of the paperites.
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It's the meaning that counts, IMO. If you, ZodWallop or any other old, longtime member here who is well known to read and like ebooks uses the phrase "real books", of course I would not take offense. I doubt I'd even notice. What's objectionable is someone specifically using "real books" to diminish or belittle ebooks or audiobooks. As in "I prefer real books", "Nothing beats the smell and feel of real books" and so on. In short, when the speaker/poster means (consciously or subconsciously) to convey the perceived inferiority of ebooks. Now, would I get all bothered by such a statement? Would I call them out on it? Probably not. Let them think what they like. |
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"I prefer real books." "Do you? I prefer virtual books." Essentially force the conversation so that the opposite of "real" is "virtual" or "digital" and not "fake" or "phony". You define the terms, not the paperite. |
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Both ebooks and paper are real books. But not all real books suit the medium of ebooks.
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I can't speak for others but here's why I normally use the term "real books" for paper books — because they're "real" in the sense that you actually hold them. With an eBook you hold a device that allows to read a book in electronic form. Break the device and you have nothing (until you can replace it). I'm not implying one is superior to the other (I almost exclusively read eBooks), it's just a distinction between the two.
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