Following the privatization of textbook publishing, the total volume of textbooks published has decreased, printing costs have increased and editing costs have steadily risen, all relative to the state of affairs under nationalized publication. The result is that textbook prices have begun to skyrocket.
教科書開放民間編印後，比起過去只此一家的印務情況，各版本的印量大減，多出來印費加上一直在成長的編輯費用，使教科書的價格一路飆高。