Ch 10 Summary Flashcards
By 2400 B.C.E., the Egyptians had
papyrus
An early style of book in Europe which used bound pages made of parchment
codex
hallmark of the manuscript culture, a period in the Middle Ages during which scribes copied texts by hand
Illuminated manuscripts
being developed in China and later introduced to Europe
block printing
Johannes Gutenburg
printing press
Gutenberg’s staff produced the first so-called modern books, including the Latin Bible, on special parchment called ____
vellum
In the 1800s cheaper machine-made paper and inexpensive ____ made books more accessible to the masses
paperback books
including dime novels aka pulp fiction
Printing got even faster with the mechanical typesetting
linotype machines in the 1880s
early 1900s allowed books to be printed from photographic plates instead of metal casts.
offset lithography
Categories of book publishing include:
trade books (popular fiction and nonfiction)
professional books (targeting various occupational groups)
textbooks (divided into high school [el-hi], college, and vocational texts)
mass market paperbacks (including instant books, which are published quickly after a major event occurs)
religious books (including the all-time best-seller, the Bible)
reference books (including dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.)
university press books (typically scholarly works in niche intellectual areas)
digital books read on a computer, digital reading devices like the Kindle, or touchscreen tablets like the iPad.
e-books
a formal request to remove a book from public or school library shelves; attempts to control access to books
book challenge
who signs authors and handles subsidiary rights
acquisitions editor
