Has anyone written about the history of the publishing trade?

by 1626hoagie

I mean, not just the business or its commercial history, but how books where put together and sold in classical Greece, Rome, Byzantium; medieval Europe, talked about what the books were likely to be published etc,? How a book was sold, promoted? Were people more likely to learn something formally by reading or by being lectured? All that and more. I can think of a great many questions surrounding the history of the book; I haven't found any books addressing it directly. Thanks,

perroybartlett

This book has been on my radar for a while https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-reader-in-book-history/#tab-description Though I've yet to get hold of a copy.

More broadly, I'm pretty sure that it's possible to do graduate study in this, but I think it usually comes under Literature courses. You might be well served by looking at course websites (example below) and attempting to find bibliographies related to these courses. http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/study-training/masters-courses/history-book/history-book-ma

I'm sorry I can't be more specific: I haven't actually studied any of these, just looked wistfully!