Exam 10: Books and the Power of Print

The Chinese were printing books using strips of wood and bamboo long before Gutenberg printed his Bible using movable type.

Which of the following have instant books been accused of?

Bookstores must absorb the cost of any new books they don't sell.

Gutenberg developed the printing press in the fifteenth century.

______________________ editors attend to specific problems in writing or length in a book manuscript.

Professional books are sold mostly through mail order, the Internet, or specialized sales representatives.

These books have inspired popular television and Internet shows that have also boosted the sales of the book______.

The first protomodern book, which used sheets of material sewn together at the edges to allow the book to be opened at any page, was called a(n) ______.

Which of the following is the oldest printed book still in existence?

Rules of punctuation, capitalization, and spacing of written words were developed ______.

Papyrus is a kind of paper made from treated animal skin.

The rise of book superstores and online retailers has caused independent bookstores' business to drop significantly.

The key to the success of e-books has been ______.

McGuffey's The Electric Reader taught most nineteenth-century elementary school children to read.

____ include books about art and travel.

While e-books can be read off computers and smartphones, devices created specifically for reading e-books are called ______________________.

Which of the following statements about audio books is true?

The rights to use the contents of a book in another form, such as a screenplay, are called ______.

By 2013, e-books represented more than 30 percent of adult fiction book sales in the United States.

The first English work to be printed in book form was ______.