"3500 BC - Symbols onto Tablets"
"first attempts to transcribe symbols onto moveable materials"
"2400 BC - Papyrus Scrolls"
"Papyrus scrolls"
"originating in Egypt"
"500 - 200 BC - Parchment"
"thin material that is made from calfskin, sheepskin or even goatskin"
"200 BC - Wax Tablets developed"
"blocks of wood that were coated in wax"
"400 - 600 AD - Illustrations added"
"decorated in silver or even gold with striking colors and very detailed designs"
"868 AD - The First Printed Book"
"block printing"
"1501 AD - The Precurser to the Modern Paperback"
"small format books (octavos) which were bound in vellum"
"1832 AD to 1860 AD - Birth of the "cheap" Novel"
"first mass-market paperbacks"
"1985 AD - First books on CD
1995 AD - Books sold Online
2000 AD - 2006 AD The start of the e-books Market
2007 AD - The Kindle becomes the first e-book reader"
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