What is a Book?

  A book is something that can transport you to a certain point in time in your book. It can take you to that exact moment and can take your imagination to a whole new level. A book is something that you should always have on hand so that at any point during the day you can be transported to your own little world. Your book is like your best friend. Your book can transport you to a different world whenever you want to.

  

   I agree with Joe Meno when he says "the idea of  the book is more important than the actual form it takes..." I agree with this statement because It doesn't matter on what surface you read the book, its about what the words on the surface say. I do not agree with Tom Piazza however because he says "If everything's the same size, there's no perspective." i don't agree with this post because there still is perspective. To me it isn't about what surface the book is on, it's about what the book is saying.

   I do not think that it matters what form a book takes but i also think that there is something to having the book in person. Nancy Joe Sales explains this very well saying"There's something about the physicality of a book, the way it looks and feels and even smells--the notes written in the margin--that makes a living,breathing companion." This shows me how even though e-books are just as good as actual books, there is still something special about having the book in your hands. I also agree with what Joe Meno says in this quote "Television, film, even the stage play, have already been imagined for us, but the book, in whatever form we choose to interact with it, forces us to complete it." i agree with this quote because with a book you have to use your imagination but with a television show or a movie or even a play, you don't use your imagination at all because they have already made up there  mind on what they want us to imagine when we see there production.