There are more than 5000 publishing houses in Taiwan. In 1995, total revenues in the publishing market reached US $ 3.2 billion. Though publishers always complain, the industry as a whole is flourishing.
台灣有五千多家出版社，每年出版圖書達兩萬種之多，一九九五年，台灣出版品市場的總營業額就達三十二億美元，出版商雖然人人叫苦，但出版事業卻在一片艱苦聲中更見蓬勃。