EVOLUTION OF BOOK

The books are always the source of knowledge for the mankind. The historical town of Alexandria is known for its great library. Whenever a ship arrived at the port of Alexandria, people searched for the books. Those people loved the books so much.

we have seen hand-written magazines circulating in hostels, class-rooms etc, a few decades ago. Printing industry brought in big revolution in the distribution of books and magazines. Harry potter books are hugely sold-a recent revolution. The great epics like ' war and peace', gone with wind' started their journey in book format. We cannot imagine subjects like, math, physics, chemistry without books.

Those days, books were sold in small and big shops in towns and cities. They had limited number of books on some subjects in their shelves. We had to select from them. That is no big deal or choice.

Than, the online shop 'Amazon' made its 'debut' by selling printed books. Now the consumers can search through millions of books; select a little and buy from anywhere. The book selling moved to another level.

Next came, E readers, Tablets, smart phones etc. The books were digitized-made into electronic form. The books can be bought and down loaded immediately. Hundreds of books can be stored in the device or in the cloud. It saves the space in a home and no book-shelf to gather dust.

In the electronic devices, the font size, brightness can be adjusted. One can get the meaning of a word online immediately and read without light without glare in 'Night mode'. E books are boon to elders and somewhat cheaper. Above all, one can carry a library in their pockets. The latest is audio books. one can listen to the books for hours while walking, cooking, driving. The 'speed of reading' can be adjusted. Now, any one is able to consume lot of books.

In the electronic era, there are some new concepts like 'Renting a book'. returning a book, exchange of books, instant publishing, subscribing to unlimited e books or audio books, buying high pierced books through EMI. Truly, a golden period for book lovers.

It is going to be exciting to see, 'what is next' in the evolution of books.
Long live books.
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