The country's leading experts in book science and book history offer a modern perspective on the history of book, book making and book publishing from antiquity to the present day. National, technological and other features of the development of book business are considered in detail and comprehensively. The material presented in the textbook corresponds to the program of the course "History of the Book," taught at the library and information faculties of cultural universities and in most printing universities. The manual is intended for specialists in the field of book history, teachers, students and graduate students of universities of culture, printing universities, departments and faculties of universities who study in specialties related to book publishing. The book can also be useful for novice bibliophiles