As the vast majority of books, even though they may end up being printed 
on paper, are created using digital means, can't we now call all 
self-contained or even hyperlinked text objects "texts" or "books" and 
simply step over the cute prefixes. Or, if we must have a word that 
describes the form the text takes, like scroll or codex, can we just 
create something entirely new that doesn't contain an "i" or "e" or 
"digi" or other reference to the technology currently in vogue. (We 
might as well find something that will work when we get to "nano" and 
beyond.) Or if we must continue to use a familiar term let's just call 
them books on the assumption that that is the new norm and make 
paper-based practitioners add their own modifiers to the name of their 
paper objects.

- Hope (playing with iAuthor and wondering if this will finally convince 
people to learn the concept of styles)

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>>>>>
>>>>> Dot Porter and I were lamenting earlier over how the term "e-text"
>>>>> has been co-opted by our central IT division at Indiana University to
>>>>> now mean almost exclusively eText, as in Electronic Textbooks
>>>>> (duh!):<http://etexts.iu.edu/home.php>.  As a result, the IU Digital
>>>>> Library Program has been advised to use another term to avoid
>>>>> confusion.
>>>>>
>>>>>