(i) As handwritten books were expensive, only the rich, the aristocrats and the ** could employ Scriber.
(ii) The scriber wrote only for aristocratic circles and rich monastic libraries.
(iii) With the coming of the wood block printing, merchants and traders started buying books in large numbers, with the result that booksellers could afford to hire scriber.
(iv) One bookseller could employ 50 scribers due to the new technology in printing.
(v) It was no longer the monopoly of the rich and influential.
