MDSA02H3 Chapter 10: Books and the Power of Print
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Chapter 10: books and the power of print. In colonial america, english locksmith stephen daye set up a print shop in the late 1630s in. Cambridge, massachusetts: daye and his son printed the first colonial book, the whole booke of psalms, marking the beginning of book publishing in the colonies, by the mid-1760s, all thirteen colonies had printing shops. In 1744, benjamin franklin, who had worked in printing shops, imported samuel. Further reducing the cost of books paperback dime novels were introduced in 1860, which were sold for five or ten cents. In addition, the printing process became quicker and more mechanized. In the 1880s, the introduction of linotype machines enabled printers to save time by setting type mechanically using a typewriter-style keyboard, while the introduction of steam-powered and high-speed rotary presses permitted the production of more books at lower costs.
