The 2008 academic thriller Obedience is a clear example. It was the author's first outing, and as it hadn't made any incursions on any of the foreign bestseller lists, there weren't any benchmarks by which to predict its performance. Eventually, Faces Publishing Ltd. picked up the copyright. In time it proved to be a hit in Taiwan, selling 40,000 copies.
以 2008 年出版的驚悚小說《失控的邏輯課》為例，由於是新人作家處女作，又缺乏國外榜單的亮眼實績，幾經輾轉才由臉譜出版簽下，而後時來運轉，成了在台大賣 4 萬本的暢銷之作。