As well as second-hand bookstores, Fu takes on the subject of history, telling the story of some of Taiwan's post-war publishers. He uses the books themselves as the storytellers, all telling of the importance of their publishing houses. By looking at representative works from each of the publishers listed-right through to their cover art-one can get a full picture of things.
除了舊書店，傅月庵也正經寫史，將戰後台灣的出版史細說從頭，重光文藝出版社、大業書店、文星書店、純文學出版社、大雁書店等走入歷史的重要出版社，傅月庵以書為媒，道出這些出版社的重要性，書中並列出各家之代表性書籍，甚至刊出封面照片，知識性十足。