Now that the market for textbooks is no longer protected, Cheng Chung Books, with a third of its business in textbooks, is anxious to transform itself. Shann Sheaulin, Cheng Chung's general manager, believes that the publishing industry will grow increasingly polarized, with large corporate groups and small specialty publishers. The mid-sized houses will find it increasingly difficult to survive.
在教科書市場開放的情況下，教科書超過總出書量三分之一的正中書局也亟思轉型，總經理單小琳指出，未來出版業將朝兩極化發展，集團化與小而專業的出版社各有一片天，反倒是中型的出版社將難以生存。