Jules Lee believes that consumers in Hong Kong and Singapore buy books based on personal taste. Due to the higher cost of living, books in Hong Kong, in particular, generally are not wrapped in book bands, something readers in Taiwan are quite fond of.
李國榮觀察，香港人、新加坡人買書注重個人風格，尤其香港物價較高，所以他們的書沒有「書腰」包裝，但台灣人特別仰賴書腰，尤其上頭若有名人引薦，更可增添權威感和賣相。