While Taiwan's publishing industry saw a small rebound in sales in 2009, the warning shots fired by the tech industry in the e-book battle may well herald the beginning of the end for print books. In other words, the publishing industry is once again facing a daunting challenge.
2009 年台灣出版業產值小露春意，但由科技業鳴槍開跑的電子書競賽，卻彷彿為紙本書下了一道「2012」的末日咒語，出版業又重新陷入不知該如何因應的焦慮中。