In an environment where books are polarized between bestsellers and those that hardly sell, Flaneur on the one hand separated itself from the bestseller battlefield, and on the other hand broke with the usual practice of academic presses of not doing much marketing. As a result of its efforts, it was able to find its own niche amidst the expansive sea of books, and its success encouraged many independent publishers.
在書市暢銷╱滯銷兩極化的大環境下，行人出版社一方面與暢銷書的殺戮戰場做出區隔，一方面則突破學術書不作行銷的慣例，終於在茫茫書海中找到自己的利基，也提振了許多獨立出版社的士氣，後續效應已逐一發酵。