The printing press made books cheap relative to hand copied books, but they were still expensive for most people. Before the printing press two books cost arou

The printing press made books cheap relative to hand copied books, but they were still expensive for most people. Before the printing press two books cost around the same as a 2 story cottage. Afterwards a couple books would be about a month of wages for a skilled worker. That greatly limits ones ability to drown out anything with books.