Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26553378-20161111014645

Intro
I'm not entirely sure what sparked this for me, but this is going to be a suggestion about books, and other recording devices in the mod.

Placement
This has been brought up before, but i have a little more to say. First the ability to place books, they could be placed on top of a block (because gravity), and they could be right clicked to open a GUI. The GUI would contain various options such as book direction (typical 8 of an item frame, plus a leaning if there is an adjacent block), open/closed (3d model), and if open an option for page number (displays text in GUI along with a "Blank" option and an "author" option) the book would then display that page opened in world.

Dying
The ability to dye books, this would give a color overlay like how it is done on leather armor (no uncolored bits though). The color would be visible as a 3D block, or as an item (possibly on book GUI as well)

Tablets
single page (or front/back) books, possibly used by dwarves, or early civilizations (used by Egyptians, I am not sure on the stone one though) if placed same options as book except only 2 "pages" (front/back) and no open/close option.

Stone
crafted by 2 vertical cobblestones, might not use backspace (it is being carved into stone)

Clay
2 clayballs vertically, or 1 block for 2. (would use backspace as clay can be smeared over)

Firing
i'm not sure if this would work, but once done the tablet is still editable by anyone until fired, at which point it can be dyed

Stylus
a stick and iron nugget (or ingot without nuggets) for a stylus allowing use of stone tablets, or a reed/sugar cane for a stylus for clay tablets

Scrolls
unlike the books or tablets these would scroll down/up similarly to how one would scroll through a website crafting is as follows I P I I=ingot P=paper materials for scroll would be either gold iron or bronze (silver weathers a lot) they would be placed closed (2 squares of the metal on either side with small spokes sticking out, slightly smaller than those roles would be paper inside from 1 square to the opposite unless crafted with an iron nugget (or ingot) as a nail to attach to a wall, when open it can be pinned open on any block surface (no angled, and only cardinal direction) and will only show so many lines of text 