michael said:
>   Then again, some people
>   think pictures of pages are
>   as good as full text

those are probably the people who
want to "just" _read_ the words of the book,
and don't want to copy out its text.


>   but that would entail a different definition.

yes, what a pity that their "definition" is so constrained.

when black ink is splashed onto a white page of paper,
the result is nothing more than a "picture" of the book.
but somehow, for over 500 years, that has been enough.

-bowerbird