香港--文化沙漠變綠洲？
一連六日的第十六屆香港書展吸引近六十四萬人次參觀，不但刷新本港入場人數紀錄，更成為亞洲區同類型展覽之冠。難怪台灣著名作家南方朔有這樣的意見：「台灣書展入場人數，比例上還沒香港的多，香港閱讀氣氛其實不錯。」他解釋，兩地同樣是五、六十萬的入場人次，但香港人口只有600多萬，台灣人口卻有2300多萬。
承著這樣理想的氣氛與市場，出版應該是一門不錯的生意，不過首先要給「出版」一個定義。根據香港出版總會的資料，「出版乃是一個社會行為，只要有『復制』與『向公眾發布』兩個要素就行，不一定包含銷售因素」。
Hong Kong, from cultural "desert" to "oasis"?
The 6-day 16th Hong Kong Book Fair attracted nearly 640,000 visitors setting the highest record of the same kind of exhibitions in both Hong Kong and Asian regions. People think the willingness to read of Hong Kong people is proportionally much more than Taiwan, as both places have same number of visitors to their annual book fairs where Taiwan's population is 23 million and Hong Kong's 6 million.
It's believed that publication is a huge business. First of all, let's see what "publish" means. According to Hong Kong Publishing Federation, "publish" is a social behavior relating to copy and distribution to the general public but not to selling.
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