The immediate effect of printing was to increase the circulation of works that were already popular in a handwritten form, while less popular works went out of circulation.
The actual story did not as then exist (well, it did, but as a relic buried—except for sixteen handwritten pages, that is—in the earth) , but knowing the story wasn't necessary for me to begin work.
Some of these may change order according to the specific situation or your own preferences; for example, a handwritten note might seem more personal than voice-mail.
So one of these days, hopefully, I'm just gonna go around and just write some small little handwritten thank you notes but it doesn't have to be as high friction as mailing snail mail to someone.