La nascita del libro

A könyvnyomtatás a tudás demokratizálása. Azelőtt ha írtunk egy jó könyvet mondjuk a sajtkészítésről, akkor vagy cirkuláltattuk a kéziratunkat az érdeklődők között, kockáztatva, hogy valamelyik leeszi pacallal, vagy megfizettünk egy írnokot, aki az egészet lemásolta jó pénzért egy példányban – és ha Leggi tutto

This was my bus book, and a word of explanation may be in order here as the properties of a good bus book are very different to those for general reading. A bus book, you see, serves as both shield and defense against your fellow commuters - saving you from the embarrassment of making eye-contact or Leggi tutto

The book was all that I had hoped for, not only a sweeping account of the coming of the book, but full of statistical and anecdotal details that were never overwhelming. Learned much from this and understand why Anderson made such use of it in his Imagined Communities.

The classic account of the amazingly rapid spread of printing in Europe. Technical in places, and pedantic in others, yet for the most part quite readable and well worth it. A must read for students of European history.

I've wondered why there seem so be so few books on the invention and impact of the printing press. I've read The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe , but otherwise I've struggled finding books. Now I'm convinced scholars and authors thinking about writing a book on the subject, read this book Leggi tutto

If you want to know about the beginning of books this scholarly work is for you. The author talks about the beginning of paper, the beginning of print and fonts, the way books were marketed and oh so much more. The book is a little dry and leans toward the French view of things but after reading it