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What is a manuscript ? Why wee they not used widely ?
A manuscript is any document written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way. Before the arrival of printing, all documents and books were manuscripts. In publishing and academic contexts, a manuscript is the text submitted to the publisher or printer in preparation for publication, regardless of the format. Until recently a type script prepared on a typewriter was usual, but today a digital file with a printout, prepared in manuscript format is most common.Manuscripts are handwritten, original books of the authors. These can’t be used all the time life a printed book. These are delicate material-might get spoilt with regular handling. Manuscripts could not be copied as copying was an expensive laborious and time consuming business. Nor could manuscripts be carried around. The circulation of these books therefore remained limited.


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