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The work is to be 14 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page

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The work is to be 14 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. Further, the distribution of the information, literature, music, academic contents, research papers, and many more, to the mass is known as ‘Publishing’. The publishing of a book is known as ‘Book Publishing’ and it is a big form of industry. Book publishing is of two types depending upon the format of the book. The one is of the ‘printed books’, while the other that is of the digital format is known as ‘e-book’ (Ho 1-389). Contextually, the essay intends to analyze the prospect of the printed books under the threat from the technologically advanced e-books. Moreover, it also proposes to analyze the prospect of the printed book industry in the future day context.

The evidence of publishing first came from an around 30,000 BC when the ancient human drew one bison and two rhinoceros in the ancient caves of France. However, it was around 4,000 BC when the Egyptians first used the hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs are the formal writing system that contains logos and alphabetic elements (Houston 1-181). Until105 AD, the writing of the information and data were only limited to the stones, rocks, bricks and many more. Then came a period when the Chinese first invented paper for sharing information and as a medium of communication. In 868 AD, the ‘Diamond Sutra’ was created. It is the first book in the history of book publications. The book consisted of the wooden blocks where the printing was done (Shi 1-250). However, the first paper printed book published in the Bible by the Gutenburg in Germany (Jeep 1-928). The first newspaper that was released to the public was in the year 1690. The newspaper was known as ‘Publick Occurrences’ and was an American-English newspaper (Sloan and Parcell 1-373). In the year1731, the first magazine ‘The Gentlemen’s Magazine’ was printed in London. Moreover, through the advent of technology&nbsp.in the last quarter of the 18th century, the printing of books became more convenient and it became one of the largest industries of that era. Furthermore, with regard to advancement in technology, in the year 1993 the first smartphone that was invented named ‘Simon’ by IBM.&nbsp.