? In the Han Dynasty, people who copied books by hand were called "servant books", and the official publishing agency was called "Lantai".
? Tang dynasty? During the Zhenguan period, due to the rise of block printing, ancient people entered the "block printing era". There are three kinds of engraving: official engraving, private engraving and square engraving. The official sculpture is published by the government. Private engraving is a self-published book. Generally, students publish books for teachers and children publish books for their elders. Fang Fang is a book published by the ancient Ministry of Commerce, which is equivalent to a book published by a private bookstore now.
? Books in the Ming Dynasty entered its heyday, and Jiangnan was the most developed area, and Nanjing, Hangzhou and Suzhou were all popular areas. Novels of the Ming Dynasty are the best sellers. In the Ming dynasty, bookshops generally invited manuscripts from writers, and writers earned money from then on.
? Song people began to have a sense of copyright. In order to combat piracy, they would print "branding records" on books, that is, copyright statements.
? The Ming Dynasty reached the stage of market operation, and the competition was fierce, so books would be very cheap.