This is also the reason behind some of the loss of readers. Ke Ching-ming explains that in a capitalist society, shelf space is extremely valuable and expensive, so the costs of running a bookstore can be high. The average person's purchasing habits of books is very drawn out, unlike at a McDonalds fast food restaurant where one enters and immediately makes an order and pays.
柯慶明解釋，資本主義社會中，空間非常昂貴，經營書店成本很高，但是一般人對書的消費很慢，不像進麥當勞速食店，進去後很快付錢點餐。