Reflecting on the Effectiveness of Martin Luther's Books

How Luther Utilized books to spread his message.
Luther’s message of reformation was a common topic of discussion at higher levels of society like in academics, but through the power of

mass production and distribution, the conversation about the legitimacy of indulgences was able to be conversed at every level in society. Since Luther’s books were so small length wise, they were extremely easy to print and cheap to purchase. This created a ridiculously high demand since each new book by Luther was easy to obtain and renewed interest in Luther’s message as each new book basically updated every reader on the issue of the need for reformation. This heavily incentivized many printers to produce reprints of his original works and spread them even farther across the world. Without the use of printed books, Luther’s message would not have been able to have reached as much attention as it did. By creating a whole new market for his new genre of religious pamphlet books, his message was able to be traded and reproduced many times, allowing for people to pay attention to the issue of indulgences and demand change.

Could Luther's message of Reformation be spread out and talked about as much if he hadn't used books to spread his ideas?
Looking back on the effect books had on Luther's work and the effect Luther's work had for the production and economy for books, it would have been impossible for Luther's ideas about the Reformation to have spread and become so common to talk about. While the topic of the validity of indulgences was a talked about subject in schools and and other upper class settings, the fact that the topic could only be conversed with the upper classes would ensure that ideas to be spread out. Martin Luther needed the common man to be able to inform themselves and and support his message and the printing press allowed him to gain not just the support of the upper class, but the support of everyone who could get a copy of his book, which was practically anyone.