Though both the styles and the financial outlooks of the two stores are different, both stores are rarities in the Chinese-speaking world. Both Fembooks and Gingin's note that foreign customers often stop in. "Many foreigners admire the fact that Taiwan can have such a bookstore," says Fembooks 'Yang.
雖然經營表現及營運問題頗有差異，不過身為華文世界難得一見的性別主題書店，常有國外觀光客千里迢迢來參觀，「很多國外讀者都很羨慕台灣能有這種書店，」女書店經理楊瑛瑛說。