Innovations in books from the movable type to artificial intelligence (infographic)

The infographic created by Codemotion takes a look at the evolution of books and publishing through the milestone innovations.

Books are evolving on an ongoing basis, and new technologies will continue to change the way we read and consume information in the future.

Nowadays, the reading experience is changing thanks to technology. Readers can choose between classic print books, ebooks, and audiobooks.

Artificial intelligence adds a new dimension to the content creation, posing a threat to human authors, and causing publishing platform to introduce countermeasures, for instance the recent ones by Amazon KDP.

From Codemotion Magazine comes an interesting infographic that puts together the milestones in the history of books and publishing.

Develop to celebrate the Read a Book Day, the visual shows how reading is changing thanks to technology and inventions.

Here are the highlights:

▸ 1450: Invention of movable type printing by Johannes Gutenberg. This enabled large-scale book production, democratizing access to knowledge.

▸ 18th century: Packet-sized books become popular, making reading more accessible to a wider audience.

▸ 20th century: The advent of the 20th century brings further innovations, including mass production of books, making them more affordable and accessible.

▸ 1990s-2000s: The rise of the Internet leads to increased accessibility to information, and self-publishing becomes more common due to the ability to publish and distribute books online.

▸ 2010s: Ebooks continue to gain popularity with the availability of digital readers and distribution platforms. Audiobooks also become popular due to the convenience of listening to books while commuting or engaging in other activities.

▸ 2020s: Artificial intelligence is used to generate texts and books. Tools are available that can create written content based on advanced language models.

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Source: The Evolution of Books from the Invention of Printing to the Use of AI – Code Motion