Kuei Tai-hua, general manager of the Human Cultural Enterprise Co., who has had much experience cooperating with mainland houses, notes that Taiwan's free-market mechanism means that its firms are more deft in subject selection and development, sales, and management strategies. In comparison, PRC firms have a civil-service mindset. They are not only conservative in outlook, they are less ambitious.
與對岸出版業有多年合作經驗的人類文化出版社總經理桂台華指出，台灣的商業機制使得經營者在選題開發、行銷方式、經營策略上較靈活；相對地，大陸出版業者的「公務員」經營型態，不僅觀念上較保守，企圖心也比較弱。