Unless the writer is uniquely charismatic, the project is exceedingly well planned, or the journey has already been covered in other media outlets, it's hard for a travel book to stand out in an ever-changing market--such books are often low on plots and don't go into great depths. The bestsellers A Steppe Story and Up from Poverty on Rock Mountain also suffer from these problems.
除非作者夠具個人魅力、企劃夠好，或媒體「兩次利用」──先報導再出書，否則既無引人故事又少知識架構的旅行文學，很難在多變的市場中躍出，《迭里溫・孤山》與《石頭山上的脫貧夢》，正好說明這兩個暢銷旅行書籍的基本元素。