Many private publishers believe that, in light of the tightening of the government budget and the unfeasibility of the oft-heard suggestion to bring back free textbooks, the best alternative is to completely privatize publishing, letting students take on textbook costs with the government providing assistance to families unable to pay.
許多民間廠商認為，以如今政府預算吃緊的情況，經常有人提出來的「教科書免費政策」既不可行，不如開放由使用的學生付費，若涉及貧寒家庭，則再由政府補貼。