Why Were Books Made Before the Printing Press Unavailable to Most

question 24

Multiple Choice

Why were books made before the printing press unavailable to most people?

• A) Monks spend months writing and illustrating books by hand, making them too expensive for most people.
• B) The Catholic Church marked up the price of books in order to increase profits from their sales.
• C) Distribution was inefficient due to a lack of passable roads and dangerous sea shipping routes.
• D) Most people could not afford to travel to cities where books were made and offered for sale.

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