An Overview Of The Book Industry In The Song Dynasty

The engraving printing in the Song Dynasty reached a new peak,and books gradually entered the circulation market as commodities.This article mainly studies the contents of the book circulation history in the Song Dynasty.Divide the book industry into two parts: engraving and publishing,and analyze its industrial development.Focus on the price and profit of the Song Dynasty books.Starting with the “industrial agglomeration phenomenon” that emerged in the Song Dynasty,it is proved that the book industry in the Song Dynasty has developed to the degree of “industrialization”,thus proving the maturity of the book market in the Song Dynasty and supplementing the content of the circulation history of the Song Dynasty.