Chapter 10: Books and the Power of Print

The movement of books was first advanced by priests and monks. Scribes had to record by writing different types of books about culture, history, as well as religious books, particularly the Bible. I was surprised to learn that scribes were the ones who first developed punctuation rules such as capitalization and spaces in between words. Printing machines first popped up in China, although they used one thousand different types of characters. With books, people were no longer limited to what their leaders told them; they could learn for themselves and become more educated about what went on round them.
I also never realized the success of book clubs and how they are beneficial to both the readers and the publishers. Before books even come out, they can be popularized. The two largest book selling chains in America are Barnes & Noble and Borders-Walden. I am not surprised to see that reading has declined over the younger generation. I personally find myself choosing things such as interent and video games over reading.