In 2005, after reading a report about Pinto Livros by poet Yang Chia-hsien, a Taiwanese couple-the husband named "686" and the wife "Yinni" (both anonymous Internet names) -who were looking for a change of career decided to open a bookstore of their own.
2005 年，讀過詩人楊佳嫻關於邊度的報導後，正處於工作倦怠期的「686」和妻子「隱匿」（均為網路化名）覺得自己也可以開書店。