"Books depicting the Cultural Revolution usually sell poorly," which also affects the sales possibilities for some mainland writers who are not yet famous, notes Chen Hsiao-lin, the director of the Fengyun Shihtai Publishing Company. "Also, Taiwan readers seem to always be like a 'swarm of hornets,' so that whatever they've heard of most frequently are the good books."
「描寫文革經驗的書，幾乎都賣不好」，風雲時代出版社負責人陳曉林說，「另外，台灣讀者還有『一窩蜂』的特性﹘﹘只要是『經常聽過名字』的，都是好書。」這也影響一些未成名大陸作家的銷路。