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  2. History of books - Wikipedia

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    The history of books starts with the development of writing, and various other inventions such as paper and printing, and continues through to the modern-day business of book printing. The earliest knowledge society has on the history of books actually predates what would conventionally be called "books" today and begins with tablets , scrolls ...

  3. History of bookselling - Wikipedia

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    The Book-Hunter in Paris by Octave Uzanne explores second hand and used booksellers and stalls in Paris during the late 19th century. [7] The Société typographique de Neuchâtel sales representative, Jean-François Favarger, made several tours of France and Switzerland, selling books and negotiating deals with booksellers in 1775-1776. [8]

  4. Category:History of books - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 8 November 2022, at 02:52 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain is a seven-volume series on the history of texts in the United Kingdom. It was published between 1999 and 2019 by Cambridge University Press . Bibliography

  6. Book History - Wikipedia

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    Book History is the official publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. It was established in 1998 and is published annually by the Johns Hopkins University Press .

  7. Book - Wikipedia

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    A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Modern books are typically in codex format, composed of many pages that are bound together and protected by a cover; they were preceded by several earlier formats, including the scroll and the tablet.