Answer:
(i)
By 17th century, print was no longer used just by scholar officials.
Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade
information.
(ii) Reading increasingly became a leisure
activity.
(iii) The new readership preferred
fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary
masterpieces and romantic plays.
(iv) Rich women began to read and many women
began publishing their poetry and plays. Wives of scholar-officials published
their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.
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