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Before the invention of the printing press, books were copied by hand.

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Before Gutenberg's movable-type printing press (c. 1440), most books in Europe were produced by hand by scribes. (Note: in some places, such as China and Korea, woodblock printing and earlier printing techniques existed before Gutenberg.)