[...] The thing is, when all you've got is monks, every book takes on
the character of a monkish Bible. Once you invent the printing
press, all the books that are better-suited to movable type migrate
into that new form. What's left behind are those items
that are best suited to the old production scheme: the plays
that need to be plays, the books that are especially lovely on
creamy paper stitched between covers, the music that is most
enjoyable performed live and experienced in a throng of
humanity.