E-books were once seen as a "paper book alternative" and had a golden period of development. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed "implementing the national cultural digitalization strategy" In just over a decade, the wave of digitalization has been wave after wave, and this year, the emergence of AIGC (artificial intelligence generated content) technology has attracted widespread attention.
Taking a perspective on the "early" cultural digitization phenomenon of e-books will bring enlightenment to the future construction of digital culture and digital publishing.