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C O N C E P T A Biography of The Book The book has been around for thousands of years, as a method of storing information on a page. Times are changing with the E Book taking over, mainly due to the invention of cheap monitors to display information, most famously the Amazon Kindle.

I intend to chronologically look at the past history of the book, from it’s first existance up until now, highlighting the main advancements in the history of the book.

Conveying an Opinion I intend to produce both a Kindle version and a physical publication.

The book version will hopefully persuade the user that books are becoming a lost art, that should be appreciated.

The use of imagery pushing off the edge of the page is meant to sigify badly aligned printing.

The publication will use lots of features that a Kindle cannot possess such as screenprinted fragrant ink, embossing, and half tone imagery.

I also intend to use a variety of stock.

R E S E A R C H Interview with a Writer I emailed Steve Clark, a writer /proof reader and general book lover , in order to understand his relationship with a Kindle.

a Kindle. I asked him both the positives and negatives, as well as the features of a book that he misses when he uses his Kindle.

Steve owns over 3500 If book lovers are now books in total, and converting, then the has recently bought book is close to its death.

Images of Steve’s book colleciion, which now seem like a waste of space

C O N T E N T S The Early Years

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3/4

Clay & Papyrus

Greece/Rome

5/6

7/8

Illuminated Transcripts

The Book of Hours

Mid - Life

9/10

10/11

The Incunabula

The Invention of Paper

11/12

12/13

Johannes Gutenberg

Albrecht Durer

Twilight Years

13/14 The Typewriter

15/16 Paperback Books

17/18

19/20

The Kindle

The Death of Print?

Stock Colour Scheme Each section of the book will have their own specfiic colour, siginifying the three major time periods in which the book evolved. The stock will be in a pastel Cyan, Magenta, & Yellow, representing the invention of CMYK print.

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P R O C E S S

25.5 cm x 18cm

Processes & Reason Binding - I plan to use exterior and obvious binding, as binding is a process lost when using a Kindle. It is also something normally hidden, so often people Fragrant Screen Printing may not understand - I plan to add perfume how creative you into the ink, giving the can be with it. pages a smell. Steve told me he loves the smell of a new book, and Stock: Despite not this should emphasize being a process, it is still it. Screen printing also a consideration. I intend adds a unique aesthetic to use high gsm stock, so and touch which cannot that the turning of pages be achieved on a Kindle. creates a louder noise.

Embossing - 3D covers cannot be shown on a Kindle, and it also gives a unique feel to the book which cannot be achieved on a Kindle.