Look at this book! If it had been published 600 years ago it would have been copied out by hand by a scribe in a monastery and probably would have taken months to produce. But thanks to Johann Gutenberg, in the fifteenth century modern printing was born and nowadays it can take only a few seconds to print a book. Gutenberg invented the printing press as well as a new type of ink and a new way to cast type. Open this book to learn the incredible story of Johann Gutenberg and the history of early printing and publishing. Bruce Koscielniak has crafted an informative and entertaining book (and we printed thousands of copies!) about one of the most important inventions of all time. - Jacket flap.

A history of the modern printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg around 1450 but also at its precursors.