to be exposed to

exposed to the craft: having the opportunity to see/view the craft and its products

Marius Hancuexposed to the craft: having the opportunity to see/view the craft and its products

Aha! The author meant the blind people who can't read his book. Thanks for the explanation!

I have no idea what craft he's talking about.

He's talking about his book. He explained what he meant in the first sentence to avoid ambiguity:

Not just anyone can read. Sure, there are illiterate people in the world and those not exposed to the craft, but that's not what I'm talking about. Through trial and massive error, Junior (meaning I) has realized that this is not an easy book to read, and should

You can be a seeing person (not blind) which isn't exposed to the craft of writing, if you don't read books on a regular basis, even if you're litterate.

Another translation:

exposed to the craft: having the opportunity to experience the craft and its p

Any chance "to be exposed to smth." could mean "no matter how to try, just unable to do smth."? This version came to my mind first when I was reading the book. In russian there is one idiom which reads "not given", literally.

Nope.

Thanks again, Marius!