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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: what is a book? #157594 03/23/2006 3:29 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City And I suspect it has to do with the number of pages in the sewn signature of a bound book: 25 would be to signatures would be two with forty-nine printed pages and that blank page that seems always to be there. Or 16 (the number Dover seems to use, at least for certain books) would be 3 is 48 plus a mystery sheet. If the definition comes from the ISO, it is almost certainly some such reason. (See their explanation of the A size papers). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted what is a book? tsuwm 03/23/2006 1:54 PM Re: what is a book? TEd Remington 03/23/2006 2:21 PM Re: what is a book? inselpeter 03/23/2006 3:29 PM Re: what is a book? Sparteye 03/23/2006 4:08 PM Re: what is a book? Buffalo Shrdlu 03/23/2006 4:16 PM Re: what is a book? Sparteye 03/26/2006 3:35 AM Re: what is a book? inselpeter 03/26/2006 9:31 AM Reading: one parent's take TEd Remington 03/26/2006 10:39 AM Re: Reading: one parent's take Buffalo Shrdlu 03/26/2006 11:36 AM Re: Reading: one parent's take of troy 03/26/2006 12:49 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take Alex Williams 03/27/2006 1:07 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take Buffalo Shrdlu 03/27/2006 1:19 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take TheFallibleFiend 03/27/2006 3:12 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take Buffalo Shrdlu 03/27/2006 3:39 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take nancyk 03/27/2006 3:49 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take Sparteye 03/28/2006 5:39 PM Re: Reading: one parent's take Jackie 03/29/2006 1:49 AM Re: Reading: one parent's take Alex Williams 03/29/2006 12:38 PM Interesting chapter TheFallibleFiend 03/29/2006 11:48 PM Re: mechanesthesia 04/09/2006 10:13 AM School reading consuelo 04/09/2006 2:03 PM Re: TheFallibleFiend 04/19/2006 3:06 PM Re: Jackie 04/20/2006 1:55 AM Re: belligerentyouth 04/20/2006 8:39 AM Re: Buffalo Shrdlu 04/20/2006 10:24 AM Re: inselpeter 04/20/2006 11:56 PM Re: Buffalo Shrdlu 04/21/2006 2:29 AM Re: inselpeter 04/21/2006 4:07 AM Re: Buffalo Shrdlu 04/21/2006 11:46 AM If you need to ask you can't afford it inselpeter 04/21/2006 4:32 PM Re: stereopathic zmjezhd 04/21/2006 6:35 PM Re:book, book, book...boookaaah! Elizabeth Creith 04/23/2006 3:55 PM Re:book, book, book...boookaaah! Buffalo Shrdlu 04/23/2006 4:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,397 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,218 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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