葉文芳主編的《出版歷史與文化簡明英語教程(
國際出版與傳播英語繫列教材)》共分為三個部分。
第一部分介紹中國古代、近現代的出版發展史，並重
點論述中國文化“走出去”政策；第二部分以西方出
版發展進程為經，以出版史上的重大事件和人物為緯
，起於早期抄寫和刻寫的出版形態，強調紙莎草等早
期圖書的歷史更替，講述亞歷山大圖書館的繁榮與毀
滅及其對古代希臘羅馬科學技術和文學藝術發展的巨
大影響，突出古登堡印刷術對世界文明的偉大貢獻，
重點論述英美國家出版業的崛起及皇室和教會對印刷
出版的管治。第三部分在梳理完數字出版的技術特征
後對出版業的未來發展趨勢和目標作出大膽預測。

Part One Chinese Publishing History and Culture
Chapter 1 Book Publishing History in China
Section A Book Publishing in Ancient China
Section B Book Publishing in Modern and Contemporary China
Chapter 2 Rapid Development of Chinese Publishing Industry and Going Global
Section A The Promotion and Strategies from the Government
Section B Approaches for Going Global of Publishing Houses
Part Two Publishing History of Western Countries
Chapter 3 General Considerations and Earliest Book Form in Europe
Section A General Considerations
Section B The Earliest Book Form in Europe
Chapter 4 Ancient Greco-Roman Publishing
Section A Alexandria Library
Section B The Destruction of the World’s Ancient Literature
Chapter 5 Books in Ancient Greek and Roman and the Early Christian Era
Section A Greek and Roman in Classical Antiquity
Section B Books in the Early Christian Era
Chapter 6 The Medieval Book and Book Trade
Section A The Medieval Book
Section B The Flourishing Book Trade： 1550—1800
Chapter 7 The Age of Early Printing in Europe
Section A Early Printing： 1450—1550
Section B Printing in Britain
Chapter 8 US Publishing (Colonial Times — Present)
Section A The Colonial Times to 1900： Beginnings
Section B US Publishing from 1900 to the End of the 20th Century： Going Commercial
Part Three The Digitization and the Future of Book Publishing
Chapter 9 The Digitization of Book Publishing： A Case Study of Higher Education Book Publishing
Section A The Crisis in Higher Education Books Publishing with the Emergence of Digital Media
Section B Digitized Higher Education Books
Chapter 10 The Future of Book Publishing
Section A The Seven Technology Trends in Book Publishing
Section B Three Industry Goals in Book Publishing