As it turns out, at the same juncture Ecus was developing plans for a contemporary literature series, and The Kite Runner seemed to have the makings of a good market probe. They licensed the title for the moderately high price of several thousand US dollars. As it heads into the fifth year of its release in Taiwan it has sold 50,000 copies.
而當時木馬文化正計畫推出當代小說系列，《追風箏的孩子》看似是不錯的試金石，於是以數千美元的中高價碼買下版權，發行近 5 年來已銷售 50 萬冊。