From 'cartloads of books' to e-publishing

There is a Chinese saying describing a brilliant scholar as having read "five cartloads of books". In Confucius' era, heavy bamboo or wood strips were the medium of publication, today its e-publications.

Published in English by the Foreign Languages Press, From Oracle Bones to E-Publications: Three Millennia of Publishing in China has aroused keen interest.

The book consists of five parts: the era of oracle bones, bamboo and silk; the era of books handwritten on paper; the hand printing era; the mechanized printing era; and application of modern digital technology and new forms of publishing.