In ancient Greece, used a variety of devices (depending on usage). Writing on papyrus used a slant bevelled reed, which gradually modified by splitting the tip, which gave the effect of thin letter. Such pen was called calamus. Writing on the plate wax used a metal styles, flattened at the top end to obscure errors. Writing on parchment also used later (around V century AD) began to use feathers of birds (mainly geese), which were cut and splits at the end like the reed. Greek writer also used the ruler (as scribe in Mesopotamia), which served to give the direction of rows and columns. The ink formulated with soot, water and rubber, then used the ink from the gall made  of shade. Also used red ink, and like the Egyptians did it colored titles and headlines. Was used for debugging a sponge. The most common form of books in Greece was a scroll of papyrus, which was used at least since the sixth century BC to the fourth century AD, and even the papal office in the eleventh century popularity of this material should be seen in its relations with Egypt, which provide a continuous influx of papyrus to Greece. Book form in the form of a roll was probably associated with the earliest literary material - leather. Book as an object of fixative and distributing content created literary Greeks around the fifth century BC Not initially delighted beauty - uneven length poems, short and wide column of letters, no spaces between words are the hallmarks of a Greek book V and VI century BC Outer coat has changed in the third century BC when employed in the Library of Alexandria have established standards for technical publications, which were consolidated format, maximum volume of the coil height ranged from 15 to 30 cm, but there were and more. Manuscript received title, which posted at the beginning or end of the work. For convenience while reading a padded roll or wooden poles. Reels transferred in special containers, called. Book in the form of a roll with the fall of ancient culture no longer play its former role, was replaced by the code. The Greeks took a different way than the state mean fixation Eastern culture. Instead, the letter used the ideographic alphabetic writing, in which the logos for the different sounds mean. The first sights of this letter come from VIII. BC The creators of the alphabetical letters are Semitic peoples inhabiting Phenicia. It was the letter consonant (pictograms had only consonants, vowels determined diacritics). The oldest monuments, the alphabetical writing comes, inter alia, the sarcophagus of the king of Byblos Achirama the thirteenth century BC Alphabetical letter took the Greeks from the Phoenicians (the same who invented the money), with the difference that they began to write from left to right, and not vice versa, as did the Phoenicians. From the Greeks took it the other peoples of Europe, including the Etruscans, who gave the foundation for the Italic alphabets.

This group includes a letter from the Latin used in ancient Rome. most elegant form of the Latin letters were capital. In ancient Greece, the book was not the only tool for the dissemination of cultural content. Already in the time existed tradition of oral transmission, engaged in her professional opera singers. In Homer's time this practice spread to the extent that the Greek bard songs became known throughout the Greek community through lively epic rather than through reading. Gigs always gather crowds of Greeks, were also included in state care. In Greece, the books were sold together with other goods, ie the market. The most famous of such a place in Athens was the Agora, a kind of modern stock exchanges, where commercial transactions were made. Unfortunately, not kept too many sources, speaking in detail about the contemporary movement. It is known that he had a wide geographical scope, it is hard to define was the organizational, the quantity and quality of books distributed, and their buyers. According to the extant certificates can now say that Athens and the island of Rhodes were the main centers of great library of Alexandria. Additional stimulus affecting the distribution of books in the ancient world were animated commercial relations, connecting Athens with all the Greek colonies in the Mediterranean. WV century, a new features associated with the book - scribes (Greek bibliographoi). They were involved in the production and distribution of books. About the book trade resulted in the development of such  comedy. Eupolis mention the subject of the book as a purchase, the other his comedy Contemporary artists like Aristomenes and Nikofon, bibliopoles term used to denote a bookseller. By contrast, in the comedy Birds of Aristophanes wrote that the Athenians after the breakfast rush to the books. He was probably thinking of visiting with booksellers where you can find the news or discuss about them.