bookness

English

Etymology

book +‎ -ness

Noun

bookness (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The quality of being a book.
   • 1969, Gerald Eugene Myers, Self: An Introduction to Philosophical Psychology, page 47:

     […] implies a philosophical distinction between bookness and tableness. There is no more requirement to show why an experience cannot be a brain-state than there is to show why a book cannot be a table.

2. The qualities of a book endowing it with its uniqueness or particularity.
   • 2007, Norbert Streitz, Achilles Kameas, Irene Mavrommati, The Disappearing Computer, page 66:

     The cover of the book may not be decisive for the content, but its shape, texture, weight and not least “wear and tear” may still be an important aspect of its “bookness” and how we experience it as a book. These “border resources” are lost when every digital copy gets its own form, and hence a relatively established source for interpretation dissolves.