By chance, Tsuno Kaitaro, editor of the Japanese magazine Book and Computer, happened to meet Hao Ming-yi, publisher of Net and Books. They began discussing the idea of rebuilding the Book Road. Along with collaborators in South Korea and China, they used the concept of editing a magazine to pioneer the first publishing exchange platform in the East Asian publishing industry.
因緣巧合下，日本「書與電腦」總編輯津野海太郎及台灣「網路與書」發行人郝明義兩人相遇，共同提出重建「書之路」的念頭，並在韓國與大陸找到合作對象，以雜誌編輯的概念，首創東亞出版的圖書媒體交流平台。