The evolution of the book - Julie Dreyfuss

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What makes a book a book? Is it just anything that stores and communicates information? Or does it have to do with paper, binding, font, ink, its weight in your hands, the smell of the pages? To answer these questions, Julie Dreyfuss goes back to the start of the book as we know it to show how these elements came together to make something more than the sum of their parts.
Lesson by Julie Dreyfuss, animation by Patrick Smith.

[@jordandavies2175]

I'm all for e-books for the practicality, but I will always be in love with the physical book. Nothing beats having a fully stocked bookshelf in your home where you can look over all your fictional adventures and run a finger over their spines.

[@christopherwinne5434]

Agreed.

[@hatemuffin]

I was about to write a similar response. Well said.

[@ndog37]

Nor having to pack them all when you move home

[@ngocanhnguyen7006]

I couldnt agree with you more.

[@mharoto9930]

I like regular books,they're physical,you can actually pick the copy up to read and flip the pages,and sometimes my eyes and head hurt when I read to much online.And its satisfying to say you have a book,it can be special.I don't want books to die out,ever.

[@MinecraftCutiepie]

There's nothing like holding the physical copy of a book. I can never get as immersed in the story if I'm just scrolling down a screen.

[@ceryscooper8597]

+aya mohamed i read homy as horny when I first saw it oml

[@itskelvinn]

Juvenoia- insistent belief that the past is better than the present and things today are never as good as things in the earlier generation

[@stoar]

+PapaKay Yeah, but for us it's just books. Like, lots of other things are great from this decade, and a lot of past things sucked, but books are just... better than ebooks. For most people, at least.

[@majorgnu]

+aya mohamed 1. Subjective BS 2. Use a high-DPI display, without excessive brightness 3. What. 4. Downloading takes no time at all. Acquiring a physical book takes many orders of magnitude more time. 5. Subjective BS 6. See 2 Conclusion: you have sentimentality towards dead-tree books and are willing to fabricate reasons to justify their existence.

[@franzenz8994]

1- That's because you were born reading physical books, think by the perspective of a 8 year-old. 2- You can change the level of light of the device, while in physical books you have to adapt to the light of the room or sun. 3- That's nonsensical, you can get tired from reading both. 4- It's only text! How much do you think is the size of an e-book? "To Kill a Mockingbird" weighs 1.45 megabytes, it takes no more than five seconds to download that. 5- Refer to point 1. 6- Refer to point 2 and 3.

[@Vessev]

I really enjoy the articulate narration and the lucid graphics in this presentation.

[@ilyaholmes]

yeah

[@humairagaming5448]

@@angelal.817 and

[@humairagaming5448]

4

[@soleaux]

yes same

[@patrickwjrwhateverclips1329]

When you hear the word "book" what do you imagine?You would usually imagine a cover,the spine,the many pages,and even pictures.You don't imagine an ebook or a kindle.Sure it has words and pictures but it doesn't feel like a book.It doesn't smell like a book.You can't hear the pages turning.In my opinion I don't think all these electronic books are actually books.

[@hshinqety]

and you can't go easily and efficiently between the first and the last pages to compare.

[@stoar]

I dunno, I find that a book isn't the same as a story. Like an essay is a text, and a short story is a text, and they can touch your emotions too, but a book isn't just text. I'm not saying that being a book makes a story better, in fact if it has the same words then it's just the same, but a book is a bound series of pages with words on them, and a story is a text. Even if most books are also texts simultaneously. Also, sorry for saying too much.

[@xLoNaDaRx]

Not in 20 years. Now that tablets and ebooks have been so popularized, all these 4 year olds are reading books with a touchscreen. The book will end up as the floppy disk icon: Some people know what it was used for, but it's the universal icon for "Save". Language evolves.

[@franzenz8994]

That's the same thing that happens with sports and e-sports. There's no physical activity in e-sports, while in normal sports there is (except chess and probably more). If you judge paper books and e-books based on their content they're the same, what varies is how it's read. So are you saying that if I read Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges on my tablet, it is not considered as having read the book?

[@patrickwjrwhateverclips1329]

+Franz Enz well it depends on what you consider a book.If you think of a book as everything I said plus the story then no you didn't but if you consider a book as something that holds a story then yes.

[@iballisticsteve4042]

For me, any book matters, as long as one can read it. But one cannot argue that having it personally, keeping it in your bookshelf, smelling it's pages and showing it to everyone feels so much better..

[@GiullianaMartinez]

What we read (the letters) are important, no matter the presentation. But how could you prefer an electronic book instead of an actual book? the smell, the pages, the fact that you don't have to charge it... amazing. And once you finish it, you get to put it in a bookshelf, like a trophy, something to be proud of.

[@musxidntty]

Please please please include some subtitles or let someone from the community contribute some closed captions. I love your videos but sometimes i have a hard time hearing them 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@TEDEd]

Hi Bie B. -- We do caption all of our videos, but sometimes they take three days - a week to get posted on KZbin. Check back in the coming week for this video's subtitles! Thanks, TED-Ed

[@aishashaikh5699]

yeah they do have subtitles in almost all their videos

[@zoebijl7440]

Is there a reason for the delay? Could the video be posted when the captioning is done? Equal access for all :) Yay for the effort anyway!

[@franzenz8994]

I think it's more of a KZbin thing rather than their's.

[@zoebijl7440]

That doesn't really make sense. If I upload a video I only publish it after I've added the captions; there is no technical limitation here.

[@thefaceofawsomeness491]

This would have been more interesting if it had started at clay tablets, went through scrolls and codex's, and ended with e-books. It was still interesting, just didn't seem like it was the evolution of the book.

[@bialynia]

It was the evolution of the book understood as a physical object. For some people the only meaning, it seems :/

[@adrianblake8876]

@@bialynia OP is still correct, to talk about the evolution of books, we need to mention non-books which were the precursors of books. Also, the term "book" was used before the invention of the codex, ie in the Bible it refers to scrolls...

[@user-zz2uc2dm2k]

I've always loved being surrounded by books, because I love the feeling of knowing that each one has it's own charm, the heart and soul of each author. I guess computers are technically the same, but it's a different feeling. When holding the book, you come face-to-face with the words right in your hands. But when owning it on a computer, the words themselves feel "out there" in the interent, and can be filed far away with just a few taps. Though it seems like paper books will eventually go extinct, I don't think they will. I think the majority of readers will always prefer the feeling of a real book over a computer.

[@aristoclesathenaioi4939]

This talk contains at least one error. The Chinese invented paper for use in packaging. They wrapped packages in paper, but for writing they used silk. Only later did paper replace silk as the medium for writing.

[@saukraya3254]

Silk is too expensive for everyday writing.

[@aristoclesathenaioi4939]

@@saukraya3254 Few people write on an everyday basis, and only exquisite calligraphy was worth recording.

[@saukraya3254]

@@aristoclesathenaioi4939 That's what I mean. Silk is like todays velum, not for everyday writting, only for courts/official documents of that day. Writting is done on paper, those day and today.

[@bengiebob114]

😂 😂😂

[@user-ut2by2dj7b]

Silk was an luxury item used by the emperor, high status officials, and rich people - often for very official and important use, like an order from the emperor. Commoners do not write, and could not read, often unable to afford learning it or buying the materials. Poor students wrote on wood or stone slabs with water to practice calligraphy. Richer students wrote on fine paper with ink, the paper is called “xuan Zhi” or xuan paper. In daily life, commoners could pay learned people to write letters for them, often using regular, lower level paper, or bamboo sticks bind together. In ancient China, “books” were on stone slabs, then bamboo sticks, and then paper books, similar to physical books of modern day. There is a type of paper called oil paper, which was soaked in oil, and used to package certain foods, common paper however is only for writing. Silk is also very expensive at the time, and more used as a material for clothing, decoration, or trading, and much less for writing.

[@UnknownGunslinger]

I love reading and 80% of my reading I do on my kindle. For the past 4 years I've had three of the kindle models and I loved reading on each. The physical size of e-readers and all your books on demand in a single device with a built-in light simply makes it the most comfortable way to read for me. When I read physical books and get engrossed in the story the size and weight don't really matter. It's after all how I've been reading the past 20 years. But e-readers are just more comfortable for longer sessions and for travel.

[@RRoxas65]

Ivo Sotirov I rather read in physical format.

[@meiyeechin7802]

I believe nothing beats a physical book. The touch, the flipping feel, the sound, the smell!~~~

[@Umirua]

A "book" is a bundle of parchments featuring information and is attached to a spine. A story is the information often laid in the book. To answer the question. No, e-books and tablets are not books, just information. Audio books are the same. Not really a book just featuring the contents of what was placed in one

[@stoar]

Yes.

[@nsnsnsnnsnbsjsjjsjzjzj7474]

Sitcom- Signe- you've finished an information of a story.

[@FrequencyPanel]

a book has a template, an order, a development, and a length different from a blog, an article, or a letter/email. That content could and would be produced for the standard tangible book experience. It's the content that dictates it's format and production, not the other way around.

[@Bitsmap]

I prefer ebooks since they are cheap and more easy to carry. My 1319 pages lords of the ring was R$37 against R$156 of the physical edition, not to tell the weight of it.

[@FootprintsForTwoTravel]

My dissertation is all about how and why people consume fiction literature. I'm in the middle of my studies right now!

[@Rebecca-qj1uk]

To me, there's something magical about a book. Like a screen capture. In a screen, you can't feel the pages. You can Change font and brightness. The cover is just a cold metal board resting on your hands. But in a book, the cover is felt, and you feel the presence of the characters in a book. The soft cover give the older homy feeling of a simpler time. You know what it was like when the world wasn't as wack. When you'd read a book in a farm on a hot day. To me, a screen will never be worth a book.

[@Rebecca-qj1uk]

+xLelouch&C.C.x CSGO I'm a twelve year old kid..... But yah I agree ebooks make things easier. I just don't enjoy them as much

[@Hellopeeps33]

+Cookie_Choco _Chip do you read fanfiction? I personally do, and much of the fanfiction I read isn't published in book form, so I have to read them through a digital device. And yet the characters and plot still draw me despite the medium - while I love traditional books, I don't think digital books should be dismissed quite so easily either. Digital textbooks have made my life much much easier.

[@stoar]

A text is information stored in words. A book is a bound collection of printed-out text. An ebook is a text that is digitized. The real art is the text; however, people prefer different methods of reading it. None of them is necessarily better.

[@Jota58a]

I do agree. Of course the text is the essence, but it's like art in general or movie. You can watch a movie at home... but yet for the most important ones you go to the cinema cause it makes it better. Art. You can even see the Joconde on line, but when you go to the Louvre you really understand it, it makes it better. I think for books it's the same. A big part of stories or articles can be read on line but literature isn't the same without the paper, because it's not just about information. We're not just robots.

[@misssunnyglasses]

Julie, or Julia Dreyfuss? I'm onto you, you can't escape Seinfeld.

[@timy9197]

Lol I was thinking the same thing

[@alexchan6303]

Same lol

[@francescadangella3115]

same. 😂😂

[@user-uh3qq8of3o]

Thank you all and especially directed me to learn the language rules and will do my best for this I am grateful to all of you

[@Mirwahatun7]

There's nothing compared to the fresh smell of a new book! ✨

[@maureenoconnell8181]

Beautiful video. Very nicely created and explained.

[@yousefalyahya7373]

I never read a book in my whole life, and i don't know why I'm watching this :)

[@kikiochan6737]

Do u read now

[@rickandelon9374]

@@kikiochan6737 that's rude

[@watafa2912]

@@rickandelon9374 how?

[@watafa2912]

It's impossible to never read a book in your whole life

[@tegesnripendra9473]

@@rickandelon9374 how

[@doubled6490]

Book is a text formed to tell something to anyone reading it. Letter in other hand is to tell something to certain people.

[@Dayman667]

I have become completely obsessed with the binding process of books. I particularly love one company called Easton Press for the quality of book they produce. This isnt an ad for that company, but if you ever come across one you will realize right away that they are of higher quality than most books. '

[@Sean-pv1nw]

Are TED-Ed lesson videos automatically posted on youtube?

[@meowman8958]

Slow down - I don't think we're on the same page.

[@mog8506]

NO

[@tegesnripendra9473]

get out

[@kingcarlos4348]

who would win? 50 T-Rexs vs the sun

[@timetogetcancer7866]

Sun

[@rayarx4213]

The sun

[@rayarx4213]

+steven mctowelie xD

[@FocusMrbjarke]

+steven mctowelie some stars are actually blue but they still burn

[@brite2nite]

50 T-Rexs duh, sun stand no chance against their massive jaws

[@user-kj5ll3dc5v]

The world's first known movable type system for printing was made of ceramic materials and created in China around A.D 1040 by Bi Sheng (990-1051) during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).

[@user-zz2uc2dm2k]

I've always loved being surrounded buy books, because I love the feeling of knowing that each one has it's own charm, the heart and soul of each author. I guess computers are technically the same, but it's a different feeling. When holding the book, you come face-to-face with the words right in your hands. But when owning it on a computer, the words themselves feel "out there" in the interent, and can be filed far away with just a few taps. Though it seems like paper books will eventually go extinct, I don't think they will. I think the majority of readers will always prefer the feeling of a real book over a computer.

[@ashuflipsbitches5154]

Nothings has been this easy Ebooks is Game changer , I am so happy that now I can almost get any book in my device and I am from India 😊

[@DarkZide8]

I wish she had started with "What is the deal with BOOKS?"

[@someone4159]

i have a test today, its almost 1AM and here i am watching a vid on the evolution of books. wish me luck for my test!!

[@radicalblind]

0:34 Codex 0:42 Printing Press 1:20 Skeleton of book (paper, type, cover) 3:12 Spines 3:45 E-book

[@drsingingeagle]

Thank you so much! .^__^. I shall indeed share this with my "Humanities" students. Also, it's cool how you leave us with a RHETORICAL question rather than tell us what to think.

[@drew18ism]

It's the words that make it a book. That smell, however, can truly add to the adventure that the words become.

[@IONATVS]

The word "book" referred to scrolls long before it referred to bound codices, and could refer to either in the transitional period between them which is one of the reasons I have no problem referring to ebooks simply as books: it's the ability to hold long-form texts that really defines a book, not its method of doing so.

[@gianni206]

Shouldn't the book's history extend to the scroll though? Or is that better suited for a video on the history of writing?

[@zeldasarah7818]

One of my favourite TED-Ed videos to-date =)

[@Jader7777]

If TED-ed was a book it would be some sort of colour saturated pop up.

[@christopherwinne5434]

Lol

[@OrchestrationOnline]

This video had a hard time distinguishing between the idea of a book and the form of a book. Books were certainly written throughout history in many cultures on many different surfaces - mostly in scroll form. These were as much books as those we think of today in bound sheets.

[@JazevoAudiosurf]

doesn't every definition change over time? it seems kind of melancholic to me to only consider a paper book a book

[@Aminator99]

Am I the only one, that thinks, eBooks are better than books? You don't need to cut an enormous of trees to produce books and you also only need one device, where you can store thousands of books of any kind. The quality is also much better and you can't damage anything, because the book is not bound to a physical object and instead defined in bits. But I know, that no one changes their opinion about this.

[@UnknownGunslinger]

No you are not the only one. I love how much more books I read with e-readers because of the comfort. I can read on my phone when I'm waiting, I can read on my kindle when I'm traveling. All the books sync. It's bloody marvellous. No more lost pages, scruffy covers from travelling or fatigue from the books weight in longer session

[@majorgnu]

And you can read comfortably in whatever position you want. Reading paper books while lying down is awkward as hell, especially with bigger books. Also, can't read paper in the dark (though the same is true for some e-readers.)

[@Gwydda]

I was an adamant opponent of ebooks until I bought my reader. Now I see e-books can be just as pleasurable as paper books - at the moment I'm reading Menon's rendering of Mahabharata, and it's simply superb even this new format. At the same time paper books have a nice feel to them, and if I could I would read all my books on paper. :)

[@monsebp3817]

Yeah I prefer them but somethings the bright hurts

[@majorgnu]

monse bp Then get something other than an LCD. Have you tried OLED or E-ink displays? I don't have a problem with reading on my LCD phone in the dark, but then again, I use CyanogenMod's Live Display feature, which changes the color profile according to the time of day to minimize eye fatigue.

[@D5quared91]

I love these cute animations. They are so nice! :D

[@hela-was-here]

This actually made me cry...

[@Mr_Creasy_]

Another interesting topic related to this is whether or not listening to audiobooks counts as reading. Outside of the obvious issue of semantics many people still disagree on this

[@orioni]

The closing thought is more about books vs texts. In that light, modern media such as tablets are a continuation of representing texts. The medium is different, but the content remains the same. Representing it in a lineair manner, you would be able put the same text on clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, paper books and digital screens. That brings us to another question: the medium is not the message?

[@badidea932]

i still get impressed and amazed by human inventions even if we can see and use it everywhere

[@saanvimurali6a054]

Others in their free time: Play video games Me in my free time: Bury myself into a book and forget the whole world

[@husainshaikh8724]

I like both, but my favourite will always be a physical copy

[@SeanTheDon17]

The Presentation is KEY to how one will interpret any message. The Duke De La Rochefoucauld knew this well, which is why he delivered his philosophy in the form of Aphorisms. I would argue, especially in modern day society, it is not good enough that an idea be GOOD, it must also be packaged up in a meaningful experience.

[@Minely182]

I find physical books really attractive but I try hard to read e-books because of their easy handling. Or course, I love that time in the couch with the book in my hands but it is imposible to carry them everywhere.

[@DeoMachina]

Uhh, if books evolved, why are there still pamphlets???11 Checkmate, atheists!

[@trentrobi]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or you're serious

[@PragmaticDany]

+Trent Robi you should rethink your direction in life if you can't answer that by yourself.

[@GG-wy8pk]

hahaha

[@alexanderboehm7473]

obvious troll

[@majorgnu]

ITT: being unable to recognize an obvious tongue-in-cheek comment.

[@scorpionfadi9991]

watching while studying for my finals , having a stack of books infront of me :p great video .

[@aa-cx8wb]

a great video, as always. but could you maybe make one about how your animators do their magic? or what software they use? or maybe there is one and I missed it?

[@tineleplays1661]

Great video as always.

[@yourkitchenrug4300]

my teacher sent me here-

[@JohannesBurbach]

Wow i must have been one of the earliest people to watch this amazing video!!!!

[@lilyfiel6002]

A book is a great story in my opinion. It does matter what is material is holding the words inside.

[@timetogetcancer7866]

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[@bengiebob114]

Hahaha

[@danishkhan3658]

I like these type of animated videos 😎😎 Mind blowing video

[@hongpingmike]

Julie, can you do the dance with the thumbs please?

[@timy9197]

Don't forget the kicks lol

[@alexchan6303]

Here's to those who wish us well, and those who don't... Can go to hell!

[@soleaux]

shout out to the animator of this

[@lablackprincesa6322]

this might be childish of me to say but i feel like animated educated videos are just so much easier to grasp and understand

[@MultiFlori100]

I think the magical thing about a book is that it is more conected to reality.The pages the smell its origin everything is more down to earth that electronic pages.May be a bit stupid as an argument but this is for me a book.

[@heishyn.8492]

So it seems there are two different 🤔concepts(?) in my mind that come up when I think of books, one is the digital knowledge itself and the other is the physical medium 🥰 I love both.

[@Serena03]

A book is essentially an extended piece of writing that carries over to multiple pages. E-books are still 'physical' books given that you are still tactically holding and scrolling through the device they're read on as well as the physics needed to view the book. An e-reader with e-ink will provide a better experience than PDFs on a phone/computer. They're much better on the eyes. Paper books are getting too costly in space and resources; e-readers are not ecologically perfect, but are best for the voracious reader like me. I never needed to touch/sniff paper to enhance my reading experience, the writing should do that itself.

[@left3532]

Terimakasih Bpk Dosen yang telah memberikan materinya tentang Buku dan bermafaat untuk kami semuanya

[@yinlinma4790]

I read the digital copies for what I *have to* read and read the physical book for what I *want to* read.

[@emersonmcdaniel2023]

what about the Epic of Gilgamesh?!

[@inkbery4473]

I personally love their smell and touch and I love books in general but I won't deny E-books have they same experience only set out in a different format

[@xdmanohh4212]

I like this book the popular papers by Amy ignatow 1:40

[@Bomberganaa]

paper book is much better than pdf file books

[@majorgnu]

If you think PDFs are what ebooks are about, then you have no idea. A proper text e-book format allows text to reflow depending on the size and configuration of the device. They're more like HTML than PDFs. (Some formats actually use HTML and CSS internally.)

[@LynHannan]

I am an avid reader, although holding a physical book open for any length of time with my arthritic fingers, becomes distractingly painful for me. I am a no-frills person, I don't judge a book by its cover; therefore a book in my e-reader allows me a truly sublime immersion that I can no longer attain traditionally.

[@bialynia]

In English, and many other languages, the word book has two meanings 1. The physical object 2. Its contents It's confusing the two that leads to silly and childish debates like "are ebooks really books". If you say that ebooks aren't really books because there's no paper, covers, etc., then please think deeply, who is the author of the book. Because the author can only mean the person who created something, and if a book means only the physical object than the author of a book can only mean a person who created that physical object. But that's not what it means. The author of a book is a person who created the contents, even if they never put it physically on paper. So if you can write a book without manufacturing the object it means that the book can exist outside that object. Ergo, ebooks are books in the second sense.

[@masoncarter6503]

i love the printing press or the history of it

[@trishachaudhuri3877]

While I do agree that ebooks are practical when it comes to physical space (I have apps for reading them), I personally like using physical books more because looking at the screen for too long makes my eyes hurt.

[@Cool_Ishan]

Imagine philosophers writing book at early 15 th century for the future generations just for people to read memes today

[@E231986]

More importantly than smell and feel - is the concept of fixture of a physical medium the only thing that keeps books from being too fluid in existence?

[@123guy5]

papyrus is from Egypt huh I didn't know that

[@_theothersarah]

Haha!

[@JohnaldV]

Who knew the GREAT PAPYRUS was Egyptian?

[@lukeroberts3464]

It’s true albums are book 📕 📖 📚. And it dosen’t matter if you say mini book or chapter book 📕 or full book 📕 but in general albums are book 📕. Chapters is a main division of a book, typically with a number or title and a book and a studio album both featured chapter and number and title and it lines up correctly it is a book 📕 📖 📚. And the way how it is detailed too.

[@nehabiswas7511]

I like digital pdfs for academics as it’s less expensive and more convenient and hard cover for novels and stories for leisure reading

[@carolmcnulty5017]

Is this by Julie Louis Dreyfus from Seinfeld?

[@alexchan6303]

No haaha I wish

[@sarahm.8493]

the use of books is better when you have a physical copy and not an online one, but if your on the go it's easier to take a tablet than to take many books. Although it loses its smell and feel...

[@stoar]

Text is information. A book is bound text. An ebook is digitized text. An ebook is not a book. They are different, but one is not necessarily better than the other.

[@sarahm.8493]

+ANoNoMous true, but which one do you prefer. I like both but it also depends on my life style.

[@alphaapple9673]

Is the narrator related to Natalie Dreyfuss, who played sue in the flash??

[@sterlthepearl1000]

There is more treasure in books, than in all the pirates loot on treasure island.

[@daffodil9752]

Is Codex older than the butterfly binding book origin from China?

[@killlamas57]

Answer is simple, to each their own.

[@user-nn3rj1zr8z]

I would have liked if you mentioned the first metal movable type invented in Korea.

[@monsieurbernoulli8101]

Books didn't evolve, the Bible created them after its own image.

[@JonYodice]

I ain't got no learnin'

[@8attery]

but weren't they just scrolls

[@MCGeddelti]

got me thinking about how in The Elder Scrolls you never see printing houses

[@JonYodice]

***** CUZ AIN'T NO 'VOLUTION, Y'ALL. GIT DAT THREW YOURE PEE BRAIN

[@Catalistic]

There are a different between books and a stack of papers bound together.

[@NonprataiFutsalClub]

Can I download a script?

[@deanurschel9161]

Physical books are good because they can’t be modified or erased easily like digital files can. I’m addition, physical books can be read and passed from person to person without electricity. Physical books are also easier to use as references as you can simply flip the pages back to a highlighted page.

[@amy233]

I don't think that reading on electronics isn't reading an actual book. All that should matter is what the book contains but I personally prefer physical copies. Being able to close it and put it on my shelf to show is really nice but I occasionally purchase books on my iPad. It depends on the reader and I think as fellow readers we should just be happy that people are able to obtain and enjoy books, whether it be physical copies or ebook copies :)

[@strange_wilds]

In my opinion books are group of pages bound together to tell a story. But a real book adds a certain aesthetic and deeper personal experience because it is something "real" that an ebook just doesn't give BUT it is in technical sense it is a book.

[@abhaymishra8172]

I guess a lot of people would think of Elain from seinfeld after reading your name

[@hqo2]

Books in general are words, images, and topic stalked for readers, not paper or skin.

[@Cypekjam94]

3:59 I've seen butcheecks

[@muhammadmujtaba1744]

My only question is how did they print pictures?

[@tegesnripendra9473]

carve the pictures on wood blocks

[@nowymail]

Is this video available as an audiobook? ;)

[@SkepticalChris]

as a writer who types his documents and manuscripts, a book is always going to have to be physical. There's nothing that beats the tactile feel of the pages in your hand, even the subtle bumps of the ink and type on the page, the feeling of the pages, everything. E-books on the other hand do have their fans and for very realistic and practical purposes. I find that if I wasnt to read for leisure, I prefer a book that is physical, pages and all. but if I read for education, learning, etc...then I prefer something digital.

[@nettlescats3796]

Yep magic is in the words, but unless it's read by the author much of the meaning can be decided by the reader. Voice inflection and facial expressions can change the feeling of what is written a great deal.