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There, he borrowed some more money, this time from his brother-in-law, which he used to buy a printing press. At that time, books were copied by hand or printed from wooden blocks. Each wooden block took a long time to create. Even a small book would take months to prepare, and the printing blocks did not last for a long time.
But using his knowledge for making coins, Gutenberg invented a new form of printing. Instead of creating one page on a single block, his press wo...

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