According to the published reminiscences of Locus Publishing president Rex How, the Taiwanese industry, a pillar of Chinese-language publishing, went through over a decade of growth after the end of martial law in 1987.
大塊出版社社長郝明義曾撰文回顧，原本即是華文出版重鎮的台灣出版產業，在 1987 年解嚴後經歷了十多年的榮景。