Most of the old bookstores on Kuling Street and Chungking South Road in Taipei, as well as those in Taiwan's smaller cities and towns, were managed by owners who handled nearly everything themselves, from selecting and printing their stock to selling it.
台北市牯嶺街、重慶南路或小城鎮裡的傳統書店，大抵不脫這樣的模式，老闆兼總管，選書、出書、賣書一肩挑。