Setting aside matters of profit and loss, John Lin reminds us, "The value of culture is not dictated by the marketplace. Some academic or classic books might not sell many copies but they are more worthy of being published than most bestsellers.
撇開產業盈虧不計，林皎宏提醒，「文化的好壞並不是市場說了算，有些學術性或經典書籍可能賣不出多少本，但卻比絕大多數暢銷書更值得出版。