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Why Were Books Made Before the Printing Press Unavailable to Most

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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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