实体书

Does this spell the doom of the physical book?

这是否意味着实体书的末日？

Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing.

从前，实体书是一件具有挑战性的东西。

You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers.

你可以通过只阅读实体书或单一用途的电子阅读器来减少分心。

If Amazon could cut out bookshops and sell books directly to the public, why shouldn´t one use the internet to let people place bets with one another?

如果亚马逊能够砍掉实体书店而将书直销到公众手中，那为什么不能通过互联网让人们互相下注赌博呢？

But those books are physically different from each other.

但这些实体书看起来外观都各不相同。