This site of ours will reflect the concealed faces of books and draw out a comparison between the ancient and the modern books at every stage of its evolution. This enchanting site will take us from antiquated scratch to the modern flips. It will help us rediscover the bygone era and will remind us of the strenuous journeys these pages have gone through to reach the present figure. Our site also involves a brief description of the authors and poets of historic dates and of today’s times. We hope we can increase the love for books to those who already find it undetachable, at the same time induce love towards books to those of you who haven’t yet witnessed books at their utmost glory. We swear that you will not regret coming to our site as it is enclosed with unlimited fun!!!

The turning wheel of evolution

Historians do not know when the first books appeared,but evidences that stories were passed on through verbal means were found to be the first stage in the evolution of books. To preserve these tales and to avoid the repetition of the mistakes of the past it was necessary to convert these orations into written pieces. As early as 700B.C., in Babylonia cuneiform writing on clay tablets was one of the early forms of books. Later people in Egypt wrote on papyrus, which was a writing material made from the stems of the papyrus plant that grows along the Nile river. Developments also took place in Rome and Greece along the same lines as in Egypt. Gradual replacement of papyrus with parchment from about 200B.C., was an important step in the creation of the modern book form. People of India and surrounding countries used palm leaves for manuscripts .During the 1200's paper made of cotton and linen began to replace parchment as a writing material. The idea of making paper probably came from China. The Chinese also made the first known printed book namely "Diamond Sutra". The book as we know it today resulted from the invention of printing with movable type. Pages were then stitched and bound together and published. It seems like the need for bound books in the present generation has reduced with the growing demand for E-books. the new types of books include "talking books" which are records or tapes of books read aloud. Doesn't this ring a bell in your brain that the wheel of evolution has returned to its origins in the sense that it has revisited verbal means. We can only hope that after a long period of hardship, books do not disintegrate into the "forgotten" clay tablets and papyrus.

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