晚清时期，随着商品经济的进一步发展，图书贸易成为图书流通最为普通的一种方式。地处偏隅，且经济文化落后的贵州的图书贸易活动也在商品经济的推动下，变得更加活跃，既有刊售合一的书坊、书局，也有专门售书的书铺，还有贵州文人、官员前往省外文化发达之地购买图书，缓解了过去书少价昂的局面。图书贸易的活跃加速了图书的流通，推动着贵州文化的快速传播。
In the late Qing Dynasty，book trade has become the most common way of circulation of books with the development of commodity economy.Guizhou was located in a remote place where economy and culture were very backward，but the book trade activities were more active.In Guizhou，there were bookshops，publishing houses with engraving books and selling books，and specialized bookstores.Guizhou scholars and officials also bought books from the cultural developed areas outside the province.The activity of book trade has accelerated the circulation of books and promoted the rapid development of Guizhou culture.
