Cheap reformation pamphlets drew new buyers into book ownership

Evidence

The Reformation gradually changed the nature of the book: it became cheaper, shorter and less scholarly. This transformation encouraged many people who were not habitual buyers of books to build their own collections. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 231

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 231
• XREF: connects to: Widespread book ownership drove the aristocracy to abandon books as status symbols — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 28; Printing collapsed book prices to roughly parchment-market value levels — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 182; Wartime propaganda pamphlets could sell hundreds of thousands of copies — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 748 (+4 more)