Christopher MorleyThere is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. There are many fake books out there, but they are not real ones. A real book has its pages, bindings, and it has pages that are stiff and not easily bendable.
There are also real books that you can tell are fake because they are cheaply made. A fake book may have pages that look good, but they are not uniform. They are not uniform because the book was mass produced or they were printed on paper that is inferior to the paper used for the real books.
The difference between a real book and a fake one is that you can tell they are fake by simply looking at them.
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