The market for Luther’s works was massive. His works went through hundreds of editions and one-third of a million copies spread throughout Germany between 1517 and 1520. For the printers this was profitable business. The German theologian Eberlin von Günzburg noted that the book printers cared only to make a profit and printed everything, good or evil. Luther refused to supply printers with material until “these sordid mercenaries care less for their profits than for the public.” Their economic interests were so strong that local officials refused to enforce the Edict of Worms (1521) that ordered the destruction of Lutheran books.