Question

What is the importance of 'Chapbooks' in the development of reading habits?

Answer 1

Penny chapbooks were carried by petty pedlars in England and sold for a penny, so that even the poor could buy them. Cheap books were made available to poor people and new forms of popular literature appeared in print. It also helped in the creation of new audiences. Booksellers employed pedlars who roamed around villages, carrying little books for sale. There were almanacs or ritual  calendars, along with ballads and folktales. But other forms of reading matter, largely for entertainment, began to reach ordinary readers as well.

Answer 2

Chapbooks are the books which are of very small size and are sold at very cheap rates.So the importance of chap books in development of reading habits is that poor people can also afford it and so they can also develop an habit of reading.