# Episode 139: The Business of Printing

An episode of [The History of English Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536), 21 Jul 2020, 1 h 11 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep139-Business-of-Printing.mp3

William Caxton introduced the mass production of books to England in the 1470s. He was also the first person to print books in the English language via the printing press. Caxton’s publications reveal the priorities and concerns of a businessman, not those of a linguist or scholar. In this episode, we explore Caxton’s contribution to the history of English, and we examine the impact of the printing press on the development of the English language. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 139

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