Book

Long-form work, written and designed to be held and kept.

Book types categorize by format, method of manufacture and appearance. The genre refers to the content of a book's writing.

Type

Estimates suggest 1,300,000 unique book titles exist in the past 500 years. Johannes Gutenberg introduced moveable type in 1440 and mass printed the 'most-printed' book of all time, the Christian bible. In the 5000 years prior, there likely were far fewer than 8,000 hand-crafted Egyptian papyrus scripts, Sumerian stone tablets, and Roman manuscripts, including all other texts in recorded history.

Write

Created often for entertainment, commentary, education, sales or archival, books record, categorize, and share society's valued experience and knowledge.

Distribute

Content, art, and technology evolve, as script, print and electronic media potentially reach 7 billion people.

Scott and Suzanne Ramsey

Author / Publisher,
Aztec 48

"Who knew a stranger's 'off-comment' during a delayed business trip or recalling a mother's interest during a person's childhood, would initiate travel to 26 states, recovering 55,000 documents, expenditures of $500,000, and countless interviews that three decades later, finally result in a published book? Historical research unfolds layer by layer. There exists a deep richness beneath each fact, conclusions can be drawn, but opinions are best left to the reader. Historian's cannot know a person's soul, yet character patterns are helpful in understanding that person's motives and choices. We sought to publish a book that fills in the blanks and presents a rounded view of the people touched in 1948 by a powerful incident, only a few miles from Aztec, New Mexico. Barton James' photography and cover design complements that goal."