(The back—or verso—of the new page would come to be used as well.) By the end of the 15 th century, almost all printed books had title pages. What about indexes, which are usually a speedier ...

waved his menu in front of me and demanded to know “Is this a book?!” I couldn’t see why not. It was a gathering of printed pages, it conveyed information to readers, and it revealed ...

Bradbury said he hopes “to settle this as two gentlemen, if he’ll shake hands with me and give me back my book and title.” The author of more than 30 books and 700 short stories said that ...