Publishing is a very "localized" activity because many writings are only comprehensible to the local residents. "An outsider's publishing culture often can't fit into the locality," says Chen Hsin-yuan. He points to the fact that many foreign and mainland novelists do not find wide acceptance in Taiwan.
「出版不容易生根，非本地的出版文化常常顯得格格不入」，陳信元以許多西洋翻譯小說、及大陸作家作品為例，在台灣的接受度並不高。