Trying to find a specific book that has the history of all the Marvel characters

So I'm 28 now and I got this book from Barnes and Noble when I was around 8 or 9 so it's must've been around 2004.

It was pretty dry book, but it discussed the history of how all the Marvel characters were written and published. From what I remember it didn't really go into the fictional origins of the characters but the process of creating them. It also discussed various comic books publications.

Each chapter was based on different groups within Marvel. I remember there was a chapter of the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, X-Men, Protectors of the Universe (actual name of the chapter I remember: talked about Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, etc.), supernatural characters like Ghost Rider, and I think Spiderman got his own chapter too.

I don't remember what the cover looks like, but I do remember it had a paper cover and when you removed it the inner cover of the book was of Silver Surfer.