Abstract:

The article analyzes key issues of publication prices in the period of the Republic of China, and finds that
some conditions and problems of contemporary Chinese publishing industry also existed in the period of the Republic of
China. Today’s Chinese publishing industry is deeply influenced by some phenomena and characteristics in the publishing
history, such as Resale Price Maintenance of publications, the publishing economy experiencing the effects of the paper
supply, complaints about book prices from readers, and fierce price competition of the publishing markets.