History of publishing-
Publishing underwent series of changes. It was first
known as to make public, or to be generally known, for example the messages
carried by the courier and went from city to smaller villages in order to set
out information to the citizens. Before the printing press was invented,
different countries have their own unique ways for recording their writings. In
China it was first known to use turtle shells or other harden body parts of
animals (such as bones) as the tool to record down writings.
These writings (甲骨文) then became the ancestors of the Chinese characters nowadays.
The invention of printing press was revolutionary, it
dominated the ways of
reproducing texts.
Originally people made copies and replica by handwriting, imagine how long does
it take for people to copy such a long book like bible. The printing press was
then spread across the world. It was said the invention of the printing press helped
to escalate European Civilization by disseminating information
quickly and accurately. It also played an important role in Enlightenment and Renaissance
that followed up shortly.
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source:http://bibleworkbench.wordpress.com/2011/07/
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The
word publishing went from to make public or generally known to an industry. In
order to publish a book, the book writers must negotiate with publishing
companies and to make agreements. There are upside and downside of hiring a
publishing agent. Although it costs a lot of money to publish a single book,
the copyright is ensured. I personally think publishing agents or companies took
the advantage of the writer, as the information was meant to be "published",
in which to make public known. Entering the digital world, the publishing
companies are gradually losing their profits, since anyone can publish an
article or blog online like what I am doing now.
Bonus:
The history of printing reminds me of the film The Book Eli. It talked about
how the "last book"(imaginative bible) contained the mysterious dominating
power. The setting set in the future where everything was post-apocalyptic in
the warring era. Everyone wishes to gain control of that book. In the end, the
protagonist reveals that the book was actually empty, he has remembered all of
the contents in his mind. As he preaches the bible, people recorded it down by
hand then print it out.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/
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