Publishing pioneers

Examines the life and accomplishments of Johannes Gutenberg, the fifteenth-century German man who invented the printing press.

Examines the life of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, discussing his childhood in San Francisco in the mid-nineteenth century, his education, his career in the newspaper industry, his political aspirations, and his legacy.

Presents a brief biography of both Charles Barnes and G. Clifford Noble, along with a history of the Barnes and Noble company they began.

A biography of Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer, for whom the Pulitzer Prize is named, describing his childhood, immigration to the United States and service in the Union Army, and early journalism career.

Examines the life of Randolph Caldecott, discussing his youth in England, his work as a bank clerk, his enrollment at the Manchester School of Art, his decision to pursue a career as an artist, and the establishment of an award for children's book illustrators in his name.

A biography of John Newbery that discusses his childhood in the country, family, influence on children's literature, legacy, and other related topics.

Examines the life and achievements of Melvil Dewey, developer of a classification system for libraries in 1879 that is still used by thousands of libraries in the early twenty-first century.

A brief biography of businessman Jeff Bezos, describing how he founded Amazon.com.