Pocket-size books that were sold by travelling peddlers were known as

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Pocket-size books that were sold by travelling peddlers were known as chapbooks. A chapbook was a type of printed street literature made up of small, paper-covered booklets written on a single sheet and folded into books of eight, twelve, sixteen, or twenty-four pages. The chapbook tradition arose when printed books became affordable in the sixteenth century. These penny chapbooks were typically made with rough woodcuts. These booklets were illustrated and read aloud in front of a group of people. Folk tales, songs, nursery rhymes, pamphlets, and political and religious tracts were all published in chapbooks. These books were sold by chapmen, who were licenced or authorised peddlers.

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