What is the revolutionary event of reading that took place before e-books appeared?

ByJonathan Rashad

Amazon is an e-book reader's "Kindle"Since the release of e-books, the digitization of books has become a revolutionary event for reading. However, even before e-books appeared, there was a big event like changing the style of reading, among which famous ones are published by The Atlantic.

10 Reading Revolutions Before E-Books - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/08/10-reading-revolutions-before-e-books/62004/

◆ 1: From careful reading to extensive reading

ByFrogglin

Reading carefully read sentences while thinking about contents. On the other hand, extensive reading is to read while understanding the meaning by skipping without using a dictionary even if a word whose meaning is unknown appears. Extensive reading was born in the 18th century and it is regarded as one of the reading revolution since it brought dramatic changes in the reading of books.

◆ 2: Printing revolution

ByDave Herholz

From GermanyJohannes GutenbergA person who made the first time printing technology in Europe around 1439, then adopted oil ink and printing machine for printing, making mass production of books possible. Prior to that, print texts and pictures directly on the machine board and printWoodblock printingWas the mainstream and could only produce a small amount, the production system of the book changed dramatically, laterPrinting revolutionIt was named.

◆ 3: The appearance of the alphabet

ByKyle Van Horn

It is not clear when the alphabet that was spread beyond saying that most people around the world know that it was born, the exact time is not known. It was ancient Greece that greatly developed the alphabet. In ancient Greece, distinction was made between letters representing vowel sounds and letters representing consonants, or by increasing the number of consonants to make themselves evolved, the alphabet later became the source of Latin letters used in Latin.

◆ 4: Shape of book

BySteve Rhodes

According to The Atlantic, there was a transition from scrolls to folding documents in ancient times. Foldable documents seem to have spread explosively in the age of the ancient Roman Empire from the fact that the cost of manufacturing was lower than the scrolls and that it was convenient to carry and was used for Christian books. Although the English word "Scroll" meaning scrolls has disappeared from the history, it is retaining its remnant as the name of the operation of the PC.

◆ 5: Evolution of materials

ByMike Bailey-Gates

In ancient Egypt we used plant stem fibersPapyrus paperWas used as a writing medium. Papyrus paper was used at places where it was not processed parchment of animals' skin. Also in Japan I wrote letters using wooden or bamboo letters, but everything will change with the appearance of paper. It is said that China invented the paper around 150 BC, but details are not disclosed.

◆ 6: Industrial Revolution

ByPaco CT

It was in England that the Atlantic claimed to be the most important of the revolutionary evolution of several readings in the mid 18th and 19th centuriesIndustrial Revolutionis. Using the power of steam to operate the printing machine, realize mass production of books, newspapers, advertisement leaflets. Furthermore, the power has been transferred from steam to electricity, the productivity rises at a stretch, and according to it, the consumption of printed matter seems to be increased not to compare with before.

◆ 7:Computer language

ByNyuhuhuu

Although it is slightly off the reading, computer languages ​​designed in a form that can be processed by a computer can not be removed in terms of the history of "reading" behaviors. Although it is a computer language, there are multiple languages ​​such as programming languages ​​and data description languages, and it has evolved to things that are indispensable in the modern age of information society.