Today books have become a major part in our day to day life. Books are little square volumes which can open vast and different worlds. Sometimes seeing a book makes us curious to know the journey that a book went through to come to the stage it is at present. So we will start at the beginning when there is no printing press and books are expensive.
we can say that the habit of preserving words started in China. During 14th century when kings needed their message to be carried on to other monarchs but cannot trust the messenger their sub-ordinates came with a method of imprinting the message on Human skin taken from dead persons with the use of a stamp. But later they found out that the writings on human skin dont have a long life and are getting erased easily.
To solve this problem they started experimenting with various chemicals and later found out that animal skin acts as a better paper that human skin and tanned leather has more life than normal one. Later they used embroidery on cloth to make it cheaper. Due to the process by which the letter has to be inscribed on the skin is very elaborate, it is very expensive and only high class men are able to afford these books.
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Later the chinese found a way to make a paper by mixing of two resources that are available easily and naturally. Due to this the written word became a little easier but this process too took a lot of time and as there are only few people who can write the books are not available for normal people. The demand for books are also high as the high class ladies showed more and more interest in books. We can say that this is the first form of book where several pages are stitched together.
During the colonisation of china, Mark zutenberg saw the chinese books and invented printing machine. This made the production of books easier and the publishers were able to meet the demand and the books became cheaper and available to all literate people. This also increased the literacy and the thirst for knowledge. The books that have high demand and class textbooks were printed in a large scale.
Later the printing machine is developed further into printing press which has enabled in a multi scale printing and making the book what it today and available to all at affordable prices.
we can say that the habit of preserving words started in China. During 14th century when kings needed their message to be carried on to other monarchs but cannot trust the messenger their sub-ordinates came with a method of imprinting the message on Human skin taken from dead persons with the use of a stamp. But later they found out that the writings on human skin dont have a long life and are getting erased easily.
To solve this problem they started experimenting with various chemicals and later found out that animal skin acts as a better paper that human skin and tanned leather has more life than normal one. Later they used embroidery on cloth to make it cheaper. Due to the process by which the letter has to be inscribed on the skin is very elaborate, it is very expensive and only high class men are able to afford these books.
During the colonisation of china, Mark zutenberg saw the chinese books and invented printing machine. This made the production of books easier and the publishers were able to meet the demand and the books became cheaper and available to all literate people. This also increased the literacy and the thirst for knowledge. The books that have high demand and class textbooks were printed in a large scale.
Later the printing machine is developed further into printing press which has enabled in a multi scale printing and making the book what it today and available to all at affordable prices.
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