Evolution of Reading
Rosetta stone 196 BC Egypt, Ptolemaic Period |
Stone or Clay Tablets 4000-3000 BC
Scroll and Papyrus 3000 BC
Bound Book 1500 BC
Printing Press Around 1439 AD
- Rosetta stone 196 BC Egypt, Ptolemaic Period
- Dead Sea Scrolls are early Jewish texts written or copied from about 250 B.C. to A.D. 50.
- The oldest Jewish prayer book, dating back to 840 AD [Bound]
- Gutenberg Press
Whether we like it or not Electronic Books are inevitable
The oldest Jewish prayer book, dating back to 840 AD [Bound] |
- 2008 Christian Science Monitor Goes Online
- 2010 U.S. News and World Report Goes Digital-Only
- 2011 Encyclopaedia Britannica -- End of a 244-Year Era as Encyclopedia Britannica Goes Web-Only
- 2012 NewsWeek After 80 years in print, the news magazine adopts an all-digital format.
- 2012 States Accelerate E-Textbook Adoption - Notably in Florida, which has mandated digital textbooks in all schools statewide by the 2015-2016 school year