WOA 50th ANNIVERSARY -- An Industry Time Line

1457—Johann Fust (Furst) and his nephew, Peter Schöffer, produce the famous "Psalter" in Germany. This was the first book printed to contain the names of the printers. It was also the first truly important work that includes color.

1704—The Boston News Letter, the first continuous (webfed) newsletter published in colonial America, begins and is printed by Bartholomew Greene and published by John Campbell.