Here’s a question that has been troubling me for quite some time now:
Where on earth did Atrus get his linking books?
Allow me to explain a little more:
1. It is common knowledge that it requires a special type of book and ink in order for it to be a working linking book. The Guild of Book Makers and the Guild of Ink Makers kept the formulas for these a secret and did not write them down anywhere, passing it orally from generation to generation so Atrus could have not found a document that contain instructions.
2. Gehn never figured it out and instead had to search the city for Kortee’nea (blank books) in order to write all his numbered Ages before his imprisonment on Riven.
3. Atrus could not have visited the city during his time on Myst do to the only book he had that linked to D’ni lead to the prison in K’veer which had the cave-in that blocked the door and that wasn't cleared until the BOD.
With these facts in mind, I see no way the Atrus could have created or brought linking books to his lovely island home. Does anyone know if there is a fact that I missed or an official explanation from Rawa on the matter?