Today, glance through a potpourri of book releases, important dates, and defining events that make up book publishing in general and Christian publishing specifically. Not all the books or events are “Christian” in nature, but their presence created historical markers to give perspective. (I stopped at 2010 since events and books take time to become true historical markers.) 1440 – German Johann Gutenberg invents movable type by developing foundry-cast metal characters and a wooden printing press 1455 – Gutenberg printed his first book, a Latin Bible 1611 – King James Version (KJV) of the Bible first published 1798 – Thomas …
