Bookselling

Bookselling The bookselling industry has made a mark in American history for a number of years. What developed into a leisure activity and then into an international past time, books have become a booming industry. The beginning of the mass production of books can only be accredited to none other than Johann Guttengurg and his printing press. (Ashley). Revered by some as the control to mankind this device transferred to the colonies of America. Coming from England it is of no question that these colonies had great attribution to the influences of the Elizabethan Era which concluded with an increase in the popularity of the arts, such as literature and painting. “The first fifty years of our colonial existence coincided with a period of singular barrenness in England, so far as creative literature was concerned. (Boynton). Books though, had an evolution of there own, which started with the art of storytelling. Story telling was an art established before America was even born, as a type of way that people would share their stories and experiences with people of their same interest. Story telling became important to people’s growth and learning, which book, trade, industry, sales, books, bookstores, local, bookstore, new, way, people, internet, business, bookselling, market, made, century, activities, impact, established, dollars, because, american, years, try, trends, trades, technology, started, soon, small, seen, retailers, recreation, publishing