How were the printed books mocked at by the aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries
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The transmutation from the printing by hand to the printing by machine is acknowledged as the print revolution. Due to the arrival of the new printing technology, the production of books, novels, journals increased immensely. Thus, the introduction of the new printing technology reduced the cost of the books and generated multiple copies of the same work with ease. The availability of books increased the reading population; moreover, the printed books were a cheap paperback version of some high-grade novels. Thus, the aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries mocked these cheap printed paperbacks.
Solution: Undoubtedly, printed books are not only cheaper but have really benefitted the authors as vast number of books could not be printed at the cheaper rates.
Not only this, masses even read it or preferred due to its affordability.
Aristocrats, on the other hand, thought that there should be certain distinction between the higher and lower caste people. Hence, they considered paper cheap.