Which of the following factors contributed to literature becoming a profitable business ?

A. all of the above

B. Commercial and public lending libraries were established in order to provide for an enlarged reading public

C. Education reform increased literacy, thus creating a demand for commercial and public lending libraries.

D. A new aesthetics of valuing literature for its own sake emphasized reading for pleasure.

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