Timeline of the evolution of the book
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Updated: 19 Oct 2017
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Created byСаша Русскина
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3500 BC - Symbols onto Tablets2400 BC - Papyrus Scrolls600 BC - Standardised writing system developed500 - 200 BC - Parchment200 BC - Wax Tablets developed105 AD - The Paper Revolution400 - 600 AD - Illustrations added868 AD - The First Printed Book1041 AD - 1230 AD - The First Moveable Type1250 AD - Block Printing in Egypt1439 - 1450 AD - Moveable Type in Europe1455 AD - The Guttenburg Bible1490 AD - 1500 AD -The Printing Revolution1501 AD - The Precurser to the Modern Paperback1639 AD - 1640 AD - America's First Book1744 AD - The Discovery of Chlorine1832 AD - Book sleeves appear1832 AD to 1860 AD - Birth of the "cheap" Novel1920 AD - 1938 AD - The fall and rise of the Paperback1933 AD - Nazis begin burning books1935 AD - 1945 AD - The March of the Penguin1971 - AD - The first microprocessor invented1985 AD - First books on CD1989 AD - Internet and HTML arrive for public use1995 AD - Books sold Online1996 AD - Google is Born2000 AD - 2006 AD The start of the e-books Market2007 AD - The Kindle becomes the first e-book reader2008 AD - Speeding up the scanning of Books2014 AD and Beyond
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