Demand for text books

INCREASE IN DEMAND OF TEXT BOOK
1)From the 16th century the number of candidates appearing for civil service examination went up and that increased the volume of print.
2)By th 17th century urban culture bloomed in china .Print was used by scholar officials ,merchants and woman in their evryday life.
3)Reading became a leisure activity.Fiction,poem,autobiographies,romantic play etc.were published.this new reading culture was accompnied by a new technology.
4)Western printing technologies presses were imported in the late 19th century to meet the increasing demand.
5)Shangai became the hub of new print culture.

VELLUM1)Vellum was a parchment made from skins of animals.2)It was expensive.3)it was meant for aristocratic circle and rich monastic.liberaries.