Re: What's an ebook? and what's a book? stating the obvious (which often seems to be ignored)
- From: "John J. Lee" <phrxy@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: What's an ebook? and what's a book? stating the obvious (which often seems to be ignored)
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:14:23 +0000 (GMT)
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, John J. Lee wrote:
[...]
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Michael S. Hart wrote:
[...]
> > The book is the phyisical, the text is what is written in it. . .this doesn't
> > require any definitions that haven't been in use for centuries.
>
> Yes it does. "Book" has had two meanings -- the physical object and the
> information content therein -- for a long while.
[...]
Oops, no it doesn't. I misread what you wrote there, Michael. Still,
the rest of what I said is true.
John