Abstract:

Since the middle of the twentieth Century, the research on books  history was  fruitful  in western, and overseas become increasingly popular on Chinese books, but relative lag in domestic.There are great differences in the study of books  history, as  three main reasons: the different social background and academic origin, the  different understanding of the history of the research object and different writing narrative.

Key words: Books history, Publishing history, Differences, Paradigm