TY - BOOK AU - Howard,Nicole TI - The book: the life story of a technology SN - 9780313330285 (hbk.) : AV - Z4 .H69 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Westport, CT PB - Greenwood Press KW - Books KW - History KW - Printing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index; Ancestors : books before print -- Infancy : the earliest printed books, 1450-1500 -- Youth : books in the sixteenth century -- Adulthood : early modern books, 1600-1800 -- Maturity : books in the age of automation, 1800-1900 -- The future of books : twentieth century and beyond ER -