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History of the book

  • First book
    2700 BCE

    First book

    In 2700 BC the books were created in Egypt and were made of papyrus from the stems of the papyrus plant. At the same time in Babylon people wrote pressing marks on clay tablets that were baked and dried in order to harden.
  • Period: 2700 BCE to

    History of the book

    Evolution of the book _
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    Nicole Cleves Triana
  • Ancient Greeks
    700 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    The papyrus as notebook that the was used wooden tablets covered with wax. The gradual replacement of papyrus with parchment, that is made with specially treatment animal skin, also was a more strong and smooth material.
  • New style of writing
    700

    New style of writing

    Used capitals and small letters and left spaces compared with the old Roman writing style that was the opposite, being a style that made books easier to read. However, the books was copied by hand.
  • Block Printing
    868

    Block Printing

    The Chinese had also made the first known printed book, which was carved each whole page from a block of wood, spread ink over the raised surfaces, and printed it on paper.
  • Paper
    1200

    Paper

    The parchment was replaced for paper as a writing material and the paper is cost far less to parchment.The idea for making paper probably came from China.
  • Block printing appeared in Europe.
    1300

    Block printing appeared in Europe.

    The Block printing allowed that make copies of a page more quickly.
  • Printing with movable type appeared
    1400

    Printing with movable type appeared

    Emphasize for had separate piece of metal make any combination that they want, allowed produce different page and more quickly that previous method. The Gutenberg bible was the first book printed in Europe with 150 copies were printed, of which 21 complete copies still exist.
  • Spread throughout Europe
    1500

    Spread throughout Europe

    The printing had spread throughout Europe.
  • First printing press in the New World
    1539

    First printing press in the New World

    The first printing press was set up in Mexico City.
  • Printed in North America appeared

    Printed in North America appeared

    The first book to be printed in North America appeared.
  • Invention

    Invention

    Most inventions was of mechanically type, some of then was the Linotype, other inventions included steam-powered printing presses and paper-making and bookbinding machines. Later, the modern printing houses use computers to set type for books, this was done through photographic plates.
  • E- readers

    E- readers

    Don't use paper at all, had text-related videos, animation or games embedded in the text.
  • e-books

    e-books

    Generally are books bought in US where nowadays is more used that libraries or books in physics.
  • Books in the future

    Books in the future

    We think that the books in the future could be type books hologram.