A Brief History of Book Printing in the Americas

The First Instance of Printing within America took Place in Spanish Controlled America
The first instance of printing within the Americas was when an Italian printer under the pseudonym Juan Pablos, real name Giovanni Paoli, agreed to undertake printing operations in Spanish controlled America in 1539. He brought his printing press and all the necessary materials and mainly produced various works of faith which the Spanish Inquisition used to attempt to convert natives. After he purchased his own printing business, the Spanish government heavily controlled what he could print. They absolutely wanted nothing critical to be made about any of their leadership choices. He later worked to print for Mexico University after it's founding in 1553, making this the first university printing press in the new world.

The First instance of printing within North America is Shrouded in Mystery
Unlike printing in Spanish Controlled America, no print master from Europe wanted to go to America nor were any funded by investors until 1638 when a clergyman investor called Jose Glover brought all the materials needed to open up a printing press business in New England. He died on the journey to the New World and it is assumed his son took over and established his own printing business around the 1640s. After that, printing shops became common in cities and universities across North America. Usually newspapers, official forms, paper money and occasionally books were made in them.