'Kodanbon' (books on kodan) such as Tachikawa or Tatsukawa Bunko series, which contained kodan stories, became popular during the late Meiji period; among the publishers of kodanbon was Kodansha Ltd., which soon became a major publisher with the success of kodanbon.
明治末期には立川文庫など講談の内容を記載した「講談本」が人気を呼んだ（その出版社の中に、講談社がある。講談本の成功ですぐに大手出版社になった）。