The Origin of Online Bookstore

Online bookstore, also known as electronic bookstore, online bookstore, online bookstore and virtual bookstore, has the same connotation. It is a new bookstore that uses information technology, digital technology, virtual technology and network technology to trade books on the Internet, and it is also a new market for book publishing and distribution.

Online bookstore was born early and has a large scale. 1969 online books were purchased shortly after the appearance of the internet. After more than 20 years of development, in the global book sales of 1997, 1 books are sold through online bookstores, accounting for more than 20% of the global book sales. It has become one of the main forces of online trade.

With the development of the Internet, the scale of online bookstores is constantly expanding, and its functions are constantly improving and upgrading. It not only changed the traditional way of book sales, but also changed the traditional mode, rules and theory of library literature acquisition.

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