Daisy Maryles, executive editor of the American magazine Publishers Weekly, has observed changes in the industry over the years. She held that in this wave of mergers, the only way for small companies to survive is to establish a specialty and refuse to follow the pack.
觀察產業變化多年的美國「出版人周刊」執行主編黛西・瑪麗雷絲亦表示，在併購風潮下，小出版社唯有建立特色，不跟隨別人起舞，才是長久生存的不二法門。