Because there was no pre-existing patrician elite, those successful in the new book industry could write very swiftly to the top of the social hierarchy.

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This quote is evidence of the unique position of the book industry in early 18th-century England. The new book industry was not dominated by an aristocracy, but instead, by the new middle classes.

Source: Brand Luther: How An Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town Into A Center Of Publishing, Made Himself The Most Famous Man In Europe-And Started The Protestant Reformation

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