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2400 BC - Earliest surviving papyrus scrolls - In Ancient Egypt, papyrus was used for writing maybe as early as from First Dynasty, but the first evidence is from the account books of King Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty. - The word papyrus refers to a thick type of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant.

618-907 AD - First printing of books in China - Paper was invented in China around the 1st century AD. - The first printing of books started in China and was during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), the exact date unknown. The oldest extant printed book is a Tang Dynasty work of the Lee mons Tar and dates back to 868 AD.

100-300 BC - Codex - The scroll was replaced by the codex which meant that the book was no longer …show more content…

Books were also collected in private libraries, which became more common in the 14th and 15th centuries.

1456 AD - Gutenberg prints Bible. - Gutenberg designed a printing press that had a hand-held mold that could adjust to cast any letter accurately and in large quantities - By about 1440, he had assembled the necessary components for mass-produced printing, but if he printed anything in Strasbourg, it has not survived. - In 1456 a copy of Gutenberg’s forty-two-line Bible—specifically, Jerome’s Latin translation, the Vulgate—was completed. The Bible, which was printed simultaneously on six printing presses, was stunning.

1843 AD - Steam powered rotary printing press - During the Enlightenment (1650–1800) more books began to pour off European presses as it became absorbed in the intellectual movement. - This focus on literature led to the introduction of steam printing presses a little before 1820, closely followed by new steam paper mills causing book prices to drop and the number of books to increase considerably. - The steam powered rotary printing press, invented in 1843 in the United States by Richard M. Hoe, improved this further as it allowed millions of copies of a page in a single

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