Says Chang: "It's expensive running a bricks-and-mortar shop, and space is at a premium." Many publishers can't even get their books into the stores. Even a top-flight publisher often gets only a small selection of its works onto the shelves. As a result a lot of quality books and established bestsellers are no longer available.
「實體店面是很貴、空間很有限的」，張天立說，許多出版社的書根本沒有進入書店流通；即使熱門出版社，也往往只有一小部份出版品擠得上書店貨架，許多雋永的老書、長銷書就這樣從書店銷聲匿跡。