Is a magazine a book?
@macdingolinger (10386)
United States
May 2, 2009 10:09am CST
What makes a book a book? Is it merely chapters? Perhaps it is simply printed pages.
Depending on your definition of a book is a magazine techinically a "book"?
If it's not considered a book, what is it?
4 responses
@Buzzman007 (357)
• Finland
3 May 09
Well I suppose that is how you personally classify things. If you think a magazine is a Book, then a magazine is a Book to YOU. (This apply to anthing)
But I can´t see how a magazine does even come close to beeing a book...
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@Buzzman007 (357)
• Finland
4 May 09
well that would be the content (what ever it may be). So by this defenition. if you actually would take the content of a "real" Book. Printing it up and binding it as a magazine I´d suppose the would be a "Book"
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
3 May 09
A book is more in depth and covers
the subject more thoroughly.
A magazine is more of a snapshot or snippet
view and only contains scant info on the topic.
Excellent question!
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
3 May 09
Great answer! I think I agree at least on some level! Perhaps not totally though. Maybe a magazine covers a much broader topic than a book. A book concentrates on larger pieces of the whole, but the magazine slowly digests (no pun intended) much smaller pieces over much more time! ?
@rzrback (107)
• United States
2 May 09
In my opinion a magazine is a creative book. A book that's more appealing to a wide range of audiences. The one thing that makes me mad about magazines is the catch phrases all these different company's try to use to make the magazine sell. For example: "Miley Cyrus sends dirty pictures!?". It just gets old seeing these obnoxious covers.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
2 May 09
there are many types of magazines. I also do not like the titles they use on the front of the tabloids. But.. are tabloids magazines? Or would they be labeled more as newspapers?
I enjoy themed magazines: Runner's World, Bicycling, Reader's Digest.
I do like your opinion that a magzine is a "creative book." That's something to think about!
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@fengtl921 (46)
• China
2 May 09
How defines a book is very difficult.But I think that magazine is not a book!Peoples often thinks a book is thick.
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
2 May 09
But.... some books are not thick. Think about books like Cliff's study notes. There is also a genre of children's books which are rather small, or thin. I guess we need to find a good definition of a book....
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