Desde não há fotocopiadoras no mundo de uma canção de gelo e fogo. Podemos supor que as cópias foram criadas manualmente. Há algumas citações que indicam o mesmo:
Castelo Negro
“Look, this one is crumbling,” he said, frowning over the faded script.
“Be gentle.” Sam came around the table and took the scroll from his hand, holding it as if it were a wounded animal. “The important books used to be copied over when they needed them. Some of the oldest have been copied half a hundred times, probably.”
“Well, don’t bother copying that one. Twenty-three barrels of pickled cod, eighteen jars of fish oil, a cask of salt . . .”
“An inventory,” Sam said, “or perhaps a bill of sale.”
A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon
Aterragem do Rei
Existe outra referência a livros escritos à mão. Este é o meu casamento favorito da série.
“Your Grace,” Ser Garlan Tyrell said. “Perhaps you did not know. In all of Westeros there were but four copies of that book illuminated in Kaeth’s own hand.”
“Now there are three.” Joffrey undid his old swordbelt to don his new one. “You and Lady Sansa owe me a better present, Uncle Imp. This one is all chopped to pieces.”
A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa