Production

Before the printing press books were printing by hand. The Printing press improved the production of books and resources; improving costs, speed and accuracy.


When books were writen by hand it could take a year to write a book. Could you imagine having to sit there and write out an entire book? It takes long enough to just write a paper by hand. There was no such thing as speed when it came to writing a book. If you took the time to hand write an entire book, how much would you charge someone for it? I would make sure I got a out of it what I put into it; and that's exactly what the scriptors did. Books were expensive before the printing press!

Not only did books take a long time to publish, and were expensive; when you books were writen by hand, there is more chance for error.

Today in society, we have seen many advances in technology. The advance that has improved production of books is computers. computers made it faster and eaiser to write a book. You can type when you want and press the save button and not have to worry about a stack of papers. Also with computers there is now spell check; though it may not always be know what you meant, it helps with the accuracy in writing a book.

With the announcement of the iPad yesterday we are seeing another advance in production of books. Even in text books you can now order it and have a subscription to your class book online. Now books are quick and easy to get; and writing a book...just type away.