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 Johannes
Gutenberg did not, as some believe,
invent printing or movable type. He did, however,
invent a method for casting type that made
printing cheaper. What's more, the
"Gutenberg Bible" with which many are
familiar was not actually printed by him. |
 John Peter
Zenger became famous after being
arrested and tried for publishing a series of
articles critical of the Governor of New York in
1733 and 1734. Ultimately acquitted because the
articles he published were based on truth, his
case was the first in American history to address
the principle of freedom of the press. |
 Friedrich
König co-invented a steam-powered
printing press capable of printing over 1,000
pages of newsprint an hour. |
 Emanuel
Haldeman-Julius began mass producing
paperback books, all with the same blue,
non-descript cover, all the same 3.5 by 5 inches,
and all printed in eight-point type on cheap
paper, in 1919. Within ten years the Little
Blue Books Series was known worldwide, and
the little town of Girard, Kansas, had become the
"Literary Capital of the United
States." |
 Justin Winsor
was a librarian and author of historical and
bibliographic works. As a trustee of the Boston
Public Library he developed a branch library
system to get more books into the community and
therefore encourage more people to read. He was
also a founder of the American Library
Association. |
 The Caldecott
Medal is given annually by the
American Library Association to the artist of the
most distinguished American Picture Book for
Children published in the United States during
the preceding year. |
