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Hi all,<br>
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I suppose I should weigh in on this, since Paul and I are the
culprits here in the degradation of language. We felt it important
to distinguish between p-books (which we pronounced "pee-book,"
FWIW) and e-books for a few reasons:<br>
<ol>
<li>We view "book" to have a somewhat broader definition that
doesn't necessarily entail a particular format. Instead, we see
it as meaning a sustained instance of argument or storytelling
that is recorded in fixed written form, thus distinguishing it
from terms like "article." Thus, it defines it type of
information delivery system broadly that is not necessarily
connected to a particular analog or digital form. Esoteric, yes,
but that was our operating principle.</li>
<li>Given #1, we saw our primary purpose as reviewing the cost of
preserving the ideas and concepts, not necessarily the
particular physical or electronic objects in question. Here is
where the format does matter, so we felt the need to
distinguish.</li>
<li>We found ourselves getting confused between formats while
discussing and writing this piece, so it helped us keep things
straight.</li>
<li>We wanted to emphasize that that p-books require physical
space, accounting for the vast majority of their storage cost.</li>
<li>It got your attention, didn't it?<br>
</li>
</ol>
But seriously, thanks to Hope for her kind words. I hope that some
of you find this bit of library economics esoterica interesting.<br>
<br>
Cheers!<br>
Buzzy Nielsen<br>
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Assistant Library Director<br>
North Bend Public Library<br>
1800 Sherman Ave.<br>
North Bend, OR 97459<br>
541-756-0400<br>
<a href="http://www.cooslibraries.org/">http://www.cooslibraries.org</a><br>
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On 01/19/2011 12:22 PM, Laurisa Stubblefield wrote:
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"...print books (hereafter referred to as pbooks when it is
important to distinguish them from electronic books, or ebooks)."<br>
<br>
No need for a new word! "A book" (analogue book) is a book is a
book, as it were. As in "would you like <i>a book</i> or an <i>ebook</i>?"
It's the format against which the new forms must be distinguished
(hence "ebook" and whatever comes next), not the other way around.<br>
<br>
Laurisa<br>
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