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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 _
Maria Pula Vizcaíno Rojas/
Nicole Cleves Triana -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
1300
Block printing appeared in Europe.
The Block printing allowed that make copies of a page more quickly. -
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. -
1500
Spread throughout Europe
The printing had spread throughout Europe. -
1539
First printing press in the New World
The first printing press was set up in Mexico City. -
Printed in North America appeared
The first book to be printed in North America appeared. -
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
Don't use paper at all, had text-related videos, animation or games embedded in the text. -
e-books
Generally are books bought in US where nowadays is more used that libraries or books in physics. -
Books in the future
We think that the books in the future could be type books hologram.