Should eBooks Be Distinguished From Books?

At a panel today at the Digital Book World conference in New York, Ellen Archer, president of Hyperion, raised a good question. “Why do we call them eBooks anyway?” she asked. “Do we read emagazines? They’re books.”

Archer brought up the issue when telling the story of a politician author who she suggested write an eBook rather than a more traditional print book, in hopes that the title would evolve as readers added their thoughts to the topic.

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