"Economy of scale" is an idea everyone is familiar with but for many years distributors have been unable to expand. However, the recent slump in the publishing industry has led the chain bookstores to force changes in their terms of business and surprisingly this has facilitated an industry reorganization.
「規模經濟」的道理人盡皆知，但長年以來，經銷商的格局一直無法做大，沒想到近年來出版業不景氣，連鎖書店強勢改變交易條件，反而意外地促成了產業重組的契機。