Most amazing fun facts about books that will blow your mind.
11 Most Amazing Fun Facts About Books That Will Blow Your Mind.
The available content present online by e-books or books will never stop growing, joy and pleasure which one gets by reading print books. There are many more interesting and crazy facts about books which you may be unaware of.
I know some people says that pleasure of reading comes from what we read, not from on what we read. But most people wouldn't disagree to the fact that e-books or books available to read online can never live up to the contentment, joy and pleasure which one gets by reading printed books. the smell of old as well as a newly purchased book, beautiful writings and covers is what adds to the reading pleasure of book lover.
It's hard to believe that a certain English writers wrote all her books by standing? There are many more interesting and crazy facts about books which you may be unaware of.
These interesting and lesser known facts about books will leave you amazed!!!
1. First Best Seller
The first book described as a "best seller" was Fools Of Nature by US writer Alice Brown in 1889.
2. First Oxford printed book
The first book printed in Oxford was a study of the Apostles' Creed. Its first page carried a misprint: it was dated 1468 rather than 1478.
The Apostles' Creed is Trinitarian in structure with sections affirming belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ His Son and the Holy Spirit. The Apostles' Creed was based on Christian theological understanding of the Canonical gospels, the letters of the New Testament and to a lesser extent the Old Testament.
3. The author who wrote standing
Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London, the seventh child in a blended family of eight.
4. Largest book
The largest book in the world is. The Klencke Atlas at 1.75 meters tall (about 5 feet 9 inches) and 1.90 meters wide (about 6 feet 3 inches when open).
The Klencke Atlas, first published in 1660, is one of the world's largest atlases. It is 1.75 metres tall by 1.9 metres wide when open, and so heavy the British Library reportedly had six people to carry it.
5. Longest
In Search of Lost Times by Marcel Proust is the longest novel exists. This masterpiece made its mark in Guinnes Book of World Record and could quite easily double up as a mighty effective doorstop with 13 volumes clocking up nearly 1.3 million words.
6. Most expensive
The most expensive printed book in the world is the 1640 Bay Psalm book from America. It sold in November 2013 for USD 14.2 million.
The Bay Psalm Book was the first book printed in British North America. The book is a metrical Psalter, first printed in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Psalms in it are metrical translations into English.
7. Most banned
The Harry Potter books are allegedly the most banned books in America due to relegious complaints.
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
8. Chaining books
Books used to be chained to shelves in libraries, in order to prevent stealing.
9. Most read books
Top 3 most read books in the world are: The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung and the Harry Potter series.
10. First book on typewriter
The first book that was written using the typewriter was The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.
11. Hornbooks
In the sixteenth century, primers or learning books for children were known as 'hornbooks'.
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The available content present online by e-books or books will never stop growing, joy and pleasure which one gets by reading print books. There are many more interesting and crazy facts about books which you may be unaware of.
I know some people says that pleasure of reading comes from what we read, not from on what we read. But most people wouldn't disagree to the fact that e-books or books available to read online can never live up to the contentment, joy and pleasure which one gets by reading printed books. the smell of old as well as a newly purchased book, beautiful writings and covers is what adds to the reading pleasure of book lover.
It's hard to believe that a certain English writers wrote all her books by standing? There are many more interesting and crazy facts about books which you may be unaware of.
These interesting and lesser known facts about books will leave you amazed!!!
1. First Best Seller
The first book described as a "best seller" was Fools Of Nature by US writer Alice Brown in 1889.
2. First Oxford printed book
The first book printed in Oxford was a study of the Apostles' Creed. Its first page carried a misprint: it was dated 1468 rather than 1478.
3. The author who wrote standing
Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
4. Largest book
The largest book in the world is. The Klencke Atlas at 1.75 meters tall (about 5 feet 9 inches) and 1.90 meters wide (about 6 feet 3 inches when open).
5. Longest
In Search of Lost Times by Marcel Proust is the longest novel exists. This masterpiece made its mark in Guinnes Book of World Record and could quite easily double up as a mighty effective doorstop with 13 volumes clocking up nearly 1.3 million words.
6. Most expensive
The most expensive printed book in the world is the 1640 Bay Psalm book from America. It sold in November 2013 for USD 14.2 million.
7. Most banned
The Harry Potter books are allegedly the most banned books in America due to relegious complaints.
8. Chaining books
Books used to be chained to shelves in libraries, in order to prevent stealing.
9. Most read books
Top 3 most read books in the world are: The Holy Bible, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung and the Harry Potter series.
10. First book on typewriter
The first book that was written using the typewriter was The Adventure of Tom Sawyer.
11. Hornbooks
In the sixteenth century, primers or learning books for children were known as 'hornbooks'.
I hope you people like these facts... these maybe unknown to some so do like and share our facebook page.
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