The first Gutenberg Bible is created
The colonists left Europe to escape religious persecution. The first books they created in the new world were mostly religious. The first printing press was ran by a company called Cambridge Press.
The first book to be published in The Colonies was The Whole Booke of Psalms.
One of the first secular titles printed in the United States, Poor Richard's Almanack, sold 10,000 copies anually and was published by Benjamin Franklin.
England needed to make money to pay for the French and Indian War. They enacted the Stamp Act, which made it mandatory that all printing be done a paper that was stamped by the government. This also gave the government greater control over what could and couldn't be published. The tax doubled what printing would usually cost in some cases and caused an overall rise in the price. The colonists reacted by revolting.
James Wilson's Consideration on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament, John Adam's Novanglus Papers, Thomas Jefferson's A Summery View of the Rights of British America, and Thomas Paine's Common sense are all published openly criticizing British rule of the colonies.
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They are still in Business today.
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Inexpensive books that focused on adventure and frontier stories. They were very popular and over 4 million were produced within 5 years.
The literacy rate at the time was 58%
This was type writer like key board that allowed printers to set type mechanically instead of manually.
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They printed the first paperbacks and were based out of London.
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Amazon had changed the way people buy books and publish them. With the advent of their e-reader, the kindle they also established a successful way to buy and read e-books.
Project Gutenberg will offer 1 million non-copyrighted classics. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to making books searchable and downloadable.
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Harry Potter is credited with raising the popularity of reading. Newsweek's Anna Quindlen wrote that Harry Potter had helped to " create a new generation of inveterate readers."
A popular e-reader created by Amazon. It is also available as application so it makes reading for platform agnostic users easy.
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