Chen Hsiao-lin says that the popularity of these books on both sides of the Strait proves that it is not necessary to have heavy commercial promotion, and good books can compete in the marketplace just through "word of mouth" among the literati.
陳曉林指出，這本書能在兩岸受歡迎，證明毋需商業宣傳、造勢，只憑文化人「口耳相推薦」的好書，在書市仍然推得動。