Due to poor sales performance in the book market as a whole, many small and medium-sized publishing houses were absent this year, triggering questions as to whether this year's exhibition had dwindled to a mere shadow of its former self from a cultural perspective.
今年更因整體書市的不景氣，許多中小型獨立出版社並未參展而引發外界「人文內涵空洞化」的疑慮。