Who Makes Books?

Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing.  It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total.  ~Forsyth and Rada, Machine Learning


I think that for a book to be complete there must be those who distribute the books and those who read them and apply the thoughts and facts. Otherwise the books are just another form of tree pulp. A book is a type of seed. The readers are a type of farmer. 


David Sneed