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Re:Why was western printing superior to Asian printing? by crazygringo on Sunday September 04, 2022 @09:27AM (#32712800)
Yes. If vanilla ice cream is twice as cheap as chocolate ice cream, that means you can buy two vanilla for one chocolate. Vanilla is half the price.

Extrapolating, 60 times cheaper means 1/60th -- you could buy 60 books for the same price 1 book cost 50 years ago.

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