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【单选题】The lack of printing regulations and the unenforceabiliy ofBritish copyright law　　　 in theAmerican colonies made it possible for colonial printers occasionally to act as　　　 publishers.Although they rarely undertook major publishing project because it was　　　 difficult to sell books as cheaply as they could be imported fromEurope, printers in(5) Philadelphia did publish work that required only small amounts of capital, paper, and　　　 type.Broadsides could be published with minimal financial risk.Consisting of only one　　　 sheet of paper and requiring small amounts of type, broadsides involved lower investments　　　 of capital than longer works. Furthermore, the broadside format lent itselt to subjects of　　　 high, if temporary, interest, enabling them to meet with ready sale. If the broadside printer(10)miscalculated, however, and produced a sheet that did not sell, it was not likely to be a　　　 major loss, and the printer would know this immediately, There would be no agonizing　　　 wait with large amounts of capital tied up, books gathering dust on the shelves, and creditors　　　 impatient for payment　　　 In addition to broadsides, books and pamphlets, consisting mainly of political tracts,(15)catechisms, primers, and chapbooks were relatively inexpensive to print and to buy.　　　Chapbook were pamphlet-sized books, usually containing popular tales, ballads, poems,　　　 short plays, and jokes, small, both in formal and number of pages, they were generally　　　 bound simply, in boards (a form of cardboard) or merely stitched in paper wrappers (a　　　 sewn antecedent of modem-day paperbacks). Pamphlets and chapbooks did not require(20)fine paper or a great deal of type to produce they could thus be printed in large, costeffective　　　 editions and sold cheaply.　　　 By far, the most appealing publishing investments were to be found in small books that　　　 had proven to be steady sellers, providing a reasonably reliable source of income for the　　　 publisher. They would not, by nature, be highly topical or political, as such publications(25)would prove of fleeting interest.Almanacs, annual publications that contained information　　　 on astronomy and weather patterns arranged according to the days, week, and months of　　　 a given year, provided the perfect steady seller because their information pertained to the　　　 locale in which they would be usedWhich aspect of colonial printing does the passage mainly discuss
A、Laws governing the printing industry.
B．Competition among printers

C、Types of publications produced
D．Advances in printing technology

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