Comment by karamanolev
Comment by karamanolev 4 days ago
Many (most, if not all) hand-made copies contained errors, which printed books did not. They were much closer to 1:1 copies.
Comment by karamanolev 4 days ago
Many (most, if not all) hand-made copies contained errors, which printed books did not. They were much closer to 1:1 copies.
Usually, though, errors are corrected and every every printing has fewer errors than the previous one.
What percentage of books get a second print run on a printing press? And what's the process for that? Do they have to reset each word for the second run? I genuinely don't know how a physical process like typesetting can result in increased accuracy on each print.
If the mistake happened in the typesetting stage, printed books could spread errors much more efficiently, as in the infamous "wicked bible" of 1631, where a typesetting error made the ten commandments contain the amusing phrase "Thou shalt commit adultery". Surviving copies are quite the collectors' item as most were destroyed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Bible