When the printing press was invented in 1440, it did not have an effect on Europe’s societal literacy. Ten years later -around the 1450’s-1500’s -after the invention was created. It was a surprise to the civilization seeing how many printing shops there was in Europe. The map below shows that the printing press had spread through to 260 other towns throughout Europe in 1501.
Since the printing press spread throughout 260 towns according to McLuhan “In 1500 there were fifteen to twenty million copies of 30,000 to 35,000 separate publications”, despite the fact that there were huge amounts of copies, this still did not change the headway of proficiency in Europe (207). The reason advanced literacy wasn't a greater variable after the innovation
Since the printing press spread throughout 260 towns according to McLuhan “In 1500 there were fifteen to twenty million copies of 30,000 to 35,000 separate publications”, despite the fact that there were huge amounts of copies, this still did not change the headway of proficiency in Europe (207). The reason advanced literacy wasn't a greater variable after the innovation