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| (from which that word paper is derived) made from plant reeds found along the Nile River.*Started with the Egyptians |
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| Treated animal skin that replaced papyrus in Europe. Was stronger, smoother, more durable, and less expensive because it didn't have to be imported from Egypt. |
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| A type of book made of sheets of parchment and sewn together along the edge, then bound with thin pieces of wood and covered with leather. * 4th Century, Romans |
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| A period in which books were painstakingly lettered, decorated, and bound by hand, also marks the entrepreneurial stage in the evolution of books. *Middle Ages (400-1500CE), Christian Clergy |
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| Books that featured decorative, colorful designs and illustrations on each page, made for churches or wealthy clients |
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| A technique in which sheets of paper were applied to blocks of inked wood with raised surfaces depicting hand-carved letters and illustrations *3rd Century, Chinese |
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| Adapted from the design of wine presses, Johannes Gutenberg (Germany 1453-1456). A staff of printers that produced the first modern books |
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| A fine calf skin parchment. Worked with the printing press. |
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| Had paper covers that were cheaper than leather, helped make books accessible to the masses *1800s, Europe |
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| Erastus and Irwin Beadle created a paperback book that sold for five or ten cents *1860 |
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| Another name for paperbacks and dime novels, a reference to the cheap, machine-made pulp paper they were printed on. *1885 |
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| Machine that enabled printers to save time by setting type mechanically using a typewriter-style keyboard, while the introduction of steam-powered and high-speed rotary presses permitted the production of more books at lower costs. *1880s |
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| Allowed books to be printed from photographic plates rather than from metal casts, greatly reducing the cost of color and illustrations and accelerating book production. *1890s |
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| Include hardbound and paperback books aimed at general readers and sold at commercial retail outlets. |
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| The counterpart to professional trade magazines. They target various occupational groups and are not intended for the general consumer market. |
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| Since the publication of the McGuffey reader, they have served a nation intent on improving literacy rates and public educations. |
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| Sold on racks in drugstores, supermarkets, and airports as well as in bookstores |
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| A marketing strategy that involved publishing a topical book quickly after a major event occurred. |
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| Includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, and a number of substantial volumes directly related to particular professions or trades, such as legal casebooks and medical manuals. |
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| Smallest nonprofit division in the book industry. Publishes scholarly works for small groups of readers interested in intellectually specialized ares such as literary theory and criticism. |
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| A digital books read on a computer or a digital reading device. *1971, Michael Hart |
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| A formal complaint to have a book removed from a public or school library's collection. *could be sexually explicit, offensive language, occult themes, nudity, etc.* |
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| Employed by publishers to seek out and sign authors to contracts. |
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| Selling the rights to a book for use in other media, such as mass market paperback or as the basis for a screenplay. |
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| Provides the author with feedback, makes suggestions for improvements, and, in educational publishing, obtains advice from knowledgeable members of the academic community. |
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| Attend to specific problems in writing or length |
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| Work on the look of the book, making decision about type style, paper, cover design and layout. |
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| Enabled authors to sidestep traditional publishers. |
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