paper books

Physical reading material

Books printed on physical paper pages bound together, as distinguished from electronic formats.

The term emerged as e-books became common, creating a need to specify the traditional format: I prefer paper books to reading on a screen.

Also called physical books or print books.

Related

magazine · newspaper · bookbinding · novel · leaf · folio · dog-eared · comic · spine · bookmark · dust jacket · cracked spine · edge · title · anthology · annotating · references · typesetting

Opposites
medium/format

paper bookse-books

Electronic publications

e-readers · electronic books · audiobooks · Kindle books · PDFs

technological era

paper booksdigital media

Electronically stored information

electronic publishing · digital formats · new media · interactive media · virtual libraries

Family

paper, book, papers, papered, papering, papery, paperback, paperwork, books

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G