Print’s abundance made destroyed libraries swiftly replaceable

Evidence

At least in the age of print, no failure was ever final. Libraries abandoned or dispersed, burned down or looted, could be regenerated with astonishing speed. That was the miracle of print: the ever-accumulating mountain of books was available, sometimes at knockdown prices, for anyone with the energy and determination to build libraries. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 229

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 229
• XREF: connects to: Printing collapsed book prices to roughly parchment-market value levels — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 182; Peasants destroyed libraries to erase legal proof of feudal obligations — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 238; Faster European publishing made library destruction less effective as a weapon — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 399 (+3 more)