二战以后,有些最富冒险精神的美国出版商,利用交通和通讯设施大大改善的机会,把书籍拿到国外去印刷,利用那里便宜的劳动力和较高的印刷质量,并懂得如何节约印刷成本,甚至还有部分书籍留下就地发行,这就是出版业国际化的萌芽。随着图书市场不断扩大,为争夺和瓜分市场,出版社之间的购并便相继出现了,且规模越来越大。据报导, After World War II, some of the most adventurous U.S. publishers took advantage of greatly improved transportation and communications facilities to get books abroad for printing, using cheap labor and high print quality, and knowing how to save on printing costs, There are even books left to be distributed locally, which is the seed of the internationalization of the publishing industry. As the book market continues to expand, mergers and acquisitions among publishers have emerged in larger battles for market share and competition. According to reports,