Book VS Novels

This is wrong:
Novellas are short fictional stories
Novels are fictional stories of book length.
Large Novels can be broken up by Volume.


For fun here are the longest novels ever:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/18661/quick-10-10-longest-novels-ever

 

well to me books are delicacy for gluttony, especially when it's Treasure and Original.
While novel is something that F5 sect hunt in all those years... ^_^

 

Somebody read a bit too much of BEM but hey can’t say I didn’t do it xD

 

A book is basically a physical container of text and/or images, it doesn't say a thing about the content other than that.
A novel is a format for writing fiction, regardless of if it is in a book or not.
They simply tend to be used interchangably because "most" novels tend to be in bookform.

 

Well I intend to have dual issue web comics along with web novels on the website.
Thanks for all the feedback

 

comics are also called "comic books"

 

@Nimroth and @Tsaimath have the most correct definitions here.

 

Although I am thinking going with a name without novel or book in it might be best

 

Reading ISSTH in 3-4 days , way to die

 

Yeah try to read ISSTH in three days and you are gonna die xD

 

Actually, e-books are short for "electronic books". Also, books weren't always made of paper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book

 

I think you worry too much about it. For example:
lnmtl.com has NOTHING to do with Light Novels and yet managed to be popular.

 

Haha bad example ln means light novels

Just like names such as Google and Amazon
I will try to come up with something
It wont be easy though

 

Apple has nothing to do with apples
or Alphabet company (google) having anything to do with the alphabet

 

Thanks
I will try to come up with something

Alphabet is a bad example though
YouTube
Chrome
Android
All first letters of the companies that make up Alphabets have a unique alphabet probably haha

 

The difference is an e-book is merely a file that is emulating a book format, in some ways an e-reader is closer to being a book than the e-books themselves.

 

Hmm I'd like to think of it as novels are just stories and like novel can be a sub-type of books.
Books aren't always novels as there's like how-to-cook books, where cooking manuals aren't considered stories but can be in books... so yeah books are the more broad term >.<"

 

"Merely a file that emulating book format?"
An e-book just means it is a book that is available Digitally. Likewise:
Hardcover book - A Book available with a hardcover
Paperback book - A Book available with a soft cover
Trade paperback book - A softcover paperback book available in a larger size.
Scroll - A group of papyrus sheets glued together in a row to form a book. Typically rolled up.

All of these are types of books. Digital books are simply made using a different medium.

 

I think that some of it depends on where you're from, but this is how I see it:

Books = Published and available in physical format; fiction or nonfiction.
Novel = A narrative story (typically fiction) that may or may not be a book.
Novella = A short, narrative story that is between a short story and a novel in length. This is sometimes a collection of related short stories.
Story/Fic ("Fiction")/Series = Typical names for a webnovel story itself. Fic can sometimes imply fanfiction, but not always.

Then, novel derivations:
Webnovel = A narrative story that is posted online in a serialized format (short chapters or even chapter sections).
Light novel = A published story that is written with plot and characters that are more similar to manga/comics than "proper" novels. They often have images, as well. As a whole, they are more polished than webnovels.