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In China, the Tang Dynasty created handwritten news, called the Kaiyuan Za Bao, that was written on silk and read by government officials. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiyuan_Za_Bao
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"The Gutenberg Bible, printed in 1455, was the first Bible ever printed and the first book ever printed in Europe. Gutenberg printed two-hundred copies of this book which was known as a 36-line Bible for the number of lines that were on each page." Source: http://fecha.org/gutenbergbio.html
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The Bay Psalm Book was the first book printed in the United States. It was printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Source: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm004.html
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"Not until 1690 did the first English-American news sheet debut- Boston's Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, published by Benjamin Harris. Source: http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/spring03/journalism.cfm
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"The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published since 1768, when its first edition began to appear in Edinburgh, Scotland." Source: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/186618/Encyclopaedia-Britannica
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In 1922, the first Newbery Awards were given. It became the first children's book award in the world. Source: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery.cfm
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The American Reporter was the first online-only daily newspaper. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Reporter
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The first generation Amazon Kindle is released to the public as a way to display eBooks and digital media. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle
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The Apple iPad was released to the public as a device to surf the internet, download applications, listen to music, read books, share photos, and more. Source: http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/
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The "Diamond Sutra is the world's earliest complete survival of a dated printed book." Source: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html
