"Images travel more easily across national borders," says Chang, "and are therefore an easier business to develop. Textual works, on the other hand, face linguistic and cultural hurdles. Moreover, the work of Taiwanese authors tends to be limited in scope and in subject matter. It consists largely of romance and stories of young people at school, which makes it hard to sell to the global market.
「圖像比較容易跨國界，發展性較強，但文字書因有語言和文化隔閡問題，加上台灣作者的創作題材又較為侷限、格局也很小，多半鎖定在情愛或青澀的校園故事，很難在全球市場上建立賣點，因此需要藉助跨國文化經紀的可能性更小了。」