The Web-a better medium John Lin, book fanatic and chief editor for culture and living at Yuan-Liou Publishing, reflects upon the massive quantity of information offered by such online bookshelves: "These sites have already replaced traditional professional book reviews. They've become the means by which ordinary readers understand and develop an interest in books.
更好的載體──網路堪稱愛書成癡的遠流文化生活領域總編輯林皎宏，觀察這些「網路書櫃」所提供的大量資訊，「已經取代過去的專業書評功能，成為一般讀者瞭解書、對書產生興趣的重要管道。