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2600 BCE
Papyrus was made in Greece and Egypt
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288 BCE
Ancient Library of Alexandria was built around 288 BC during the reign Ptolemy I
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100 BCE
China's first recognizable books, jiandu were introduced
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105
The Idea of Paper was introduced in China
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500
Monastic Libraries were introduced in the Middle Ages of Europe
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750
China Invented Woodblock Printing, also called Xylograpy between 700 to 800 CE
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1040
The world's first movable type for printing paper books was invented around 1040 AD in China
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1450
The Gutenberg Press was first invented in Europe
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1450
The Gutenberg Bible was one of the earliest major books printed using mass-produced due to the Gutenberg Press in Europe.
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Period: 1450 to
Gutenberg Press Usage
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1457
The Psalters was the first example of color printing with using red and blue ink
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Almanancs were reference books that were mass produced
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The Encyclopedie was was published in 1751 by Denis Diderot
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The Encylopedia Britannica was published in Edinburgh in 1768
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Stanhope Presses were introduced
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Royalty System of books began
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Period: to
Age of Automation
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Steam-Driven Cylinder Press was devloped in 1811 by Friedrich Koenig
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Copyright Act of 1814 gave the author, rather than the publishers the sole right to their work
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Thomas Gilpin and Henry Fourdrinier produced paper making machines
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Crculating and Lending Libraries were prominent in Europe
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Linotype, a new typesetting cast was created by Ottmar Mergenthaler
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Michael S. Hart is credited as the the inventor of the e-book
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Project Gutenberg was launched to create electronic copies of texts and books books
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Print on Demand: Expresso Machine was installed at the New York Public Library