It’s nice to have the confirmation, Rodney, and I’m happy to have been able to offer a different perspective on your experiences. Hopefully you were able to pick up a tip or two that you didn’t know, as well, but even without that, it sounds like you found value in the article – and that’s all that an author can really hope for. Thanks for commenting.

One of the reasons for the overuse of the term was attempting to be clear as to which publishing format I was discussing, especially when I began comparing the strengths and weakenesses of the two. Quite often the first draft would simply say “the product” and it was not always clear which format “the product” was in – so I rephrased more specifically. What I didn’t do, and perhaps should have done, was to look through the existing uses of the phrase for any that could be rendered more generic without causing confusion, then used paper as an description on a regular basis.

I am glad that you found the article worthwhile despite this distraction, and thank you for your patience.

Thanks, Tom. And good luck with your first foray into the ranks of the professionals!