Regarding the worship of a book by the उष्णीषधारी-s, even this meme, as most would know, has roots in हिंदु-धर्म. Nothing original. We see an example of that from the उत्तरभागा of the कामिकागम, going back to at least 500 years prior to the birth of the शिक्षपान्थी-s’ founder.
There will be a centre for studies (विद्यापीठ) in any of the temple’s 4 cardinal & 4 intermediate directions of the temple, or its inner circuit or, best, in the comforting presence of images of शिवभक्त-s. What materials to use for the book or for the pen? All detailed here.
Sacred शैव scriptural wisdom should never be written down by the uninitiated (पशुः, पशवः) or studied in their presence by the wise. One going to write should worship शिव & शक्ति with incenses, show his appreciation to his गुरु & venerate the leaves he is about to write on.
The leaves are becoming conduits for transmission of precious knowledge. So, they too must be venerated (पत्रिकामपि पूजयेत्). Our धर्म breeds a culture of reverence, something those who are content with being cheap imitations of monotheists will never understand.
Textual criticism, or attempting to uncover the “most correct reading” to put it in lay terms, is no modern discipline. The expert writer assessed various copies (some of which were made by incompetent आचार्य-s), fix spelling, metrical & doctrinal errors & reconstruct the text.
The teaching of knowledge can be done in different languages, whether it be संस्कृत, द्रामिड (तमिऴ्) or other देशभाषाषा-s or प्राकृत. The teacher can employ worldly usage (लौकिक शब्दैश्च) if necessary or local works. There is great emphasis on audience-focused teaching.
The blessings that reading, writing, contemplating, causing others to read & contemplate the आगम-s, bring to the person & the blessings their exposition bring to the king & the people.
And the text goes back to the ritual of consecrating the seat where the scriptures will be kept. Note the last point that the middle of the leaf-bundle is to be visualized as शिव & the top/bottom sides as शक्ति. This symbolizes the idea that शिव‘s “body” is शक्ति & he’s the self.
Note : Small error in above translation: Should read as *vidyeshvaras