Post 2: What is a book?

According to the Merriam- Webster dictionary, a book is:
"a set of printed sheets of paper that are held together inside a cover : a long written work."
Based off of that definition, ebooks are actually not even considered as a book. Considering they are digital, with no printed sheets of paper that are held togather inside a cover. Based off of the definition itself I think that the likes of  Joe Meno and Tom Piazza (People who hold printed books above ebooks) would agree. At first I agreed with these gents, for me a book was the definition, the "written copy" if you will. But I thought, If I am going to look at literal definitions I better look at meriam webster's second half of their definition. Which is "a long written work". I held this on the defense of the hard copy books. But then it struck me that even a hard copy book isn't actually written. They are typed and have been since Bi Sheng invented the Printing press in the year 1041. Considering books are typed as opposed to written I don't agree with Meriam-Webster's definition of a book. Why should a book have to be 'long', 'witten', 'printed', or even on paper?

Books are like people, you get to know the character, you put yourself in their shoes, and get to relate to them. Reading a book is like talking to a person, its conversating with yourself. So I guess it's like your conscious. It is whatever you make it to be, even with a non fiction book, the discription of the subject feels as if your listening to a professer give a lecture. A book truely is whatever you want it to be, it shouldn't have to be long, written, printed, or have to be on paper. A book is your conscious, no matter what form/device it is in.