In the 25 years since he set up Elite Publishing, which specializes completely in works of literature, he has published many influential books, ranging from Wang Ting-chun's Open Life and Chi Chun's Dreaming with a Book for a Pillow to Chang To-wu's Horses and Foot-Soldiers and Yu Chiu-yu's A Bitter Cultural Journey.
隱地在出版界的地位之重不言而喻，創立只出文學類書的爾雅，二十五年來出版了許多影響深遠的好書，從《開放的人生》（王鼎鈞）、《三更有夢書當枕》（琦君）到《代馬輸卒手記》（張拓蕪）、《文化苦旅》（余秋雨）等等。