"Getting a best-selling book is like the sacrifice of 10,000 soldiers for the glory of one general," says Whale Lin of Yuan-Liou Publishing. You cannot predict bestsellers, or manufacture them, and no one dares to say that his or her book will be a hit. In any given year, it is likely that fewer than ten books will sell 200,000 copies or more.
「做暢銷書是一將功成萬骨枯，」遠流博識網顧問林皎宏說，暢銷書無法預測、無法製造，沒有人敢說自己可以做暢銷書，能賣到二十萬本以上的書，一年可能不到十本。