By the mid-1990s, the used book vendors were in decline. They were moved to a corner in the basement, while sellers of computers and other electronic goods dominated the rest of the market. They even spilled out into the surrounding area on Pate Road, turning the area into Taipei's biggest electronics district.
到了民國 80 年代中期，舊書攤沒落，退居到樓下的最後面角落，而以銷售電腦 3C 產品為主的店家則儼然成為「新霸主」，再加上八德路周邊區域，形成台北市最大的電子產品商圈。