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We take the book for granted. We also take for granted the parts, names, and traditions used in book making. Books evolved from scrolls. Early Egyptian, Greek, and Roman authors would sometimes write in continuous lines for the entire unrolled-length of the scroll. Upon completing the line, the scroll had to be rolled up again and reading resumed on the second line that also went to the length of the scroll.