Printing Publication

This technology was scavenged from several dead worlds accessed through the tears. It is thanks to these technologies working together that books went from handwritten and illustrated on scraps of leather and strippings of tree bark, bound by whatever if at all, to a semi mass-produced item. With their study and procurement, those fortunate enough to invest in such tech have gained the ability to decide what everyone has access to and who gets heard on a wide scale. Libraries, schools, salons, homes, and businesses have leaped forward in advancements on a global scale thanks to the liberation and advent of the printed published word. No longer are people limited to what they are told on a subject by who is available at hand, or by who would claim a devine right by knowledgable demonstation. Now people are tought to read by anyone who can, and learn things from books that would otherwise be unavailable to them without a proclaimed expert. A fire has been lit in the minds and hearts of those who were once thought great for their knowings, to put their expertise to recording, and to the test by expanding from the consumption of knowledge as well.
Many peoples are often contesting the contents of published books, and scientists and judges are frequently called to witness the testing and finding of truth to claims within them before publication now.

Utility

Household item (books), sacred and prized (presses), honorable (contribution of materials)

Manufacturing

There are only about one hundred fully operational printing press and publication facilities throughout the World. Each Major city can usually boast of no more than two.

Inventor(s)

The dead civilizations that contributed the tech are still being learned about by anthropologists and archaeologists, little about who they were is agreed upon, but the advancement to books and learning gained from them is often venerated by the masses.

Access & Availability

One day, maybe, people will have more regular access, but for now, only the major cities can afford to accommodate one or two, and some say there is a hermit sage who has a private one, and they publish the best quality books and writings from only the greatest people the World over.
Semi-common, rare in high-quality value

Complexity

Varies from publication to publication. Since learning to read on such a mass scale is still new, there are many simple books created to help old and early readers alike in the improvement of the skill. Same for writing and art.

Discovery

Found in the ruined worlds beyond the tears, thought to be one of the greatest discoveries leading to the development of the Modern Era