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title: Book Mod

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# 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.
