In other words, in Japan the market distribution of a book costs only 33 % of the overall revenues, and yet the wholesalers and the bookstores still make a profit. In Taiwan, this distribution eats up 44 % of revenues, and still the leading bookstore chains continue to lose money, while the wholesalers find themselves in a precarious situation and in turn try to squeeze the publishers 'profits.
換句話說，日本的書籍流通過程只需耗費成本的 33％，中盤與書店仍有利可圖，而台灣卻需耗費 44％，連鎖書店龍頭依然虧錢，中盤也岌岌可危，更回過頭來擠壓出版社的利潤。