This presentation is about the history of books and how books are invented and what made increase in the number of readers. This presentation is also about what are the periods through which books came in our hands in the form they are right now.

2. China: bamboo strips
(1600 BC)

3. Parchment- treated animal skin, 300 BC

5.  Vellum- the term for high quality
parchment
 Smooth
 durable

6.  Codex - protomodern book form, 2nd-3rd
century A.D.

7.  Paper: 13th century
(cheaper than
vellum…)

8.  Middle Ages, 400-
1500 A.D.
 Illuminated
manuscripts

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11.  China: movable type, 1000 AD
 Koreans: 1400 AD

12.  1453-56
 Printing press with
movable type

13.  Social transformations - information
spreads beyond localities
 People see themselves as individuals --
not solely dependent upon leaders and
families
 Can challenge traditional wisdom

14.  Linotype: mid
1880s. Allows
type to be set
mechanically
with typewriter-
like keyboard.

15.  Offset lithography: Books printed
from photographic plates rather than
metal casts.