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What were the main effects of the invention of the printing press?

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Effects of the Invention of Printing Press:

(i) Emergence of a new reading public.

(ii) Printing reduced the cost of books.

(iii) Reduction in the time and labour in producing a book.

(iv) Multiple copies of a book could be produced with greater ease.

(v) Books flooded the market reaching out to an ever-growing readership.

(vi) Access to books crated a new culture of reading.

                                                                 (Any three)