### q1 Rome had dedicated booksellers > In Rome, most prominently in the imperial period, we find references to the buying and selling of books from dedicated booksellers. > > While costs weren’t so low that a book market entirely replaced traditional circulation methods for new works, they also weren’t so prohibitive as to keep bookselling from being potentially profitable. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fgy1v9ntmrv7jgknc184vb0p) - [[bookstores in ancient Rome#q1 Rome had dedicated booksellers|View in Vault]]