Books are great source of information. Since years information has been passed down through generations in the form of books. Books have literally evolved in the form of clay tablets, scrolls and manuscripts. This evolution has been beautifully described in this infographic titled “The Evolution of the Book”.

The history of the book right from its use in the form of clay tablets around circa 3500 B.C. to the digital pdf format books that are used nowadays can be learnt from this infographic. Use of Amazon kindle is a milestone when it comes to revolutionizing reading.

Books have remained an integral part of the lives of people which is evident from this infographic. The only difference that remains is that they are more conveniently available to the readers for reading and can be accessed from mobile devices as well. There isn’t any need to carry around books of thousand pages all around.

Digital versions of the books have made it much easier to access a book through laptops, cell phones and tablets. The timeline in this infographic will take you briefly through the evolution of books.

Likes: Amazing concept, simple timeline description

Dislikes: Some of the latest developments are missing

Courtesy: en.digitalkamera.com