# Book Mod

## Basic Overview & Requirements

* Paper/Parchment Making
* Book Binding
* Creates a binding that, when combined with pages, orders pages within it in the order they were added.
* Inks
* Most early inks were based off of hematite soaked in water.
* Dyes + Bricklayers mod opens up a lot of possibilities for coloration.
* Writing UI
* Formatting support? Markdown if so.
* Copying mechanisms
* Typesetting desk
* Takes a typesetting plate, and copies a page's contents to the plate.
* Gutenberg Press
* Takes a typesetting plate and copies single pages
* Single pages with the same content should stack
* Requires an ink application pad to keep the plate covered in ink.
* Mechanically powered? Hand powered?

## Optional add-on features

* Custom Paintings
* Dyed bookbindings
* Signing books making them unique
* Bookshelf blocks to hold/display books
* Collectable books from Traders
* Could be another layer of trading b/t NPC traders and a way to make gears.
* ex: Survival trader wants to buy a book on mushroom identification, sold by artisan/treasure trader/found in ruins.