A collection of vintage books displayed elegantly on a reflective surface, ideal for education and literature themes.

A lifetime, eight million books

Within one lifetime after the press reached Europe, printers produced about eight million books—more than all Europe’s scribes since antiquity.

Literature: The Printing Shockwave

Close-up of vintage wooden letterpress type blocks on display.

Movable type goes global

Bi Sheng pioneered movable type in China; Korea cast it in metal. The idea reached Europe, where Gutenberg’s press made books cheaper.

Literature: The Printing Shockwave

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