More on Books

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More on Books
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Ancient History

• Romans had written language
  (Latin).
• China made paper in 105 a.d.
• Persian soldiers learned papermaking from the
  Chinese
• Chinese had primitive wooden printing press in
  175 a.d.
• Rome overtaken by illiterate tribes
• Monks hand-copied thousands of manu scripti
• Book of Kells
• Paper brought to Spain by Moors (12th century)

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Fear of the power of the printed word

• The Bible part of the Protestant Reformation
• John Wycliffe translated it to English 1382-ish
• William Tyndale
• 1535 arrested / strangled / burnt at stake

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Guttenbergs Rediscovery

• Movable Type letters in metal
• Wouldnt wear out
• Took him 20 years!
• Also developed system for pressing paper against
  the inked type.
• Guttenberg Bible
• Library in Oxford1602

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Printing in the New World

• Juan Pablo 1539
• Breve y Mass Compendiosa Doctrina Cristiana
• Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass.
• 1640 The Whole Book of Psalms or Bay Psalm
  Book
• Printing controlled by King George II
• Stamp Act (!)

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Contemporary BooksE-Publishing

• D-books
• Books downloaded to a PDA or computer
• Instant publication
• Higher royalties
• POD Print On Demand
• Printed, Bound Sent Instantly
• Probably here to stay

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Contemporary BooksE-Publishing

• E-Books
• Brief (only 75,000 sold)
• Can be PDAs, Cell Phones, Desktop Laptop
  Computers
• DENs Digital Epistolary Novels
• Serially unfold via email
• Interactive
• Amazon.com
• Search inside the book

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Conglomeration Issues in Book Industry

• Bottom line
• Blockbuster Mentality
• Subsidiary Rights
• Hypercommercialism
• May 2000 Advertisment Placement in Books?!?!

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Aliteracy

• Possessing the ability, but not the desire, to
  read.