It's difficult to imagine a world before Gutenberg's printing press took over. With every book, every manuscript being laboriously copied by hand, every page. Just think about that. The cost of those books were enormous. Only the very wealthy or the church could afford such luxuries. Paperbacks for the average folks...no way. Though based on earlier Chinese and Korean movable type presses, Gutenberg's movable type had the advantage of a much simpler language to work with. Onl