@hjbau wrote:
Wouldn’t he just take photos of the book if he wanted a copy or make a photocopy with a machine. I mean this is 2012 and even if it is 1983 instead he could still take photos.
But, if you’ve got someone who is bent on destroying the book (For instance, Regina), making a second true duplicate and sending her off on the trail of what she believes to be the real book and letting her destroy it. Meanwhile the real one is safe.
He has his typewriter, which to me means he can change/add things as he sees fit and. Taking a photo of something that you’re trying to duplicate isn’t the best way because in photos, you look certain details. With having the real thing, you could take even a loupe to the book and see the smallest crease in the spine. If I were going to duplicate something, I’d rather have the original on hand to help with the process.