Интересное определение книгоиздания

from v_x:

Johannes
Gutenberg’s invention of movable type in the middle of the century had
created a sudden and massive reduction in the difficulty of reproducing
a written work. For the first time in history a copy of a book could be
created faster than it could be read (Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody).

And now to copy a book is faster than to create it.