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Thirty years of writing,
and still writing.

Since his first book about the internet in 1995, Vista Cheng has written novels, computer books, a biography, and business books. This is home to the newest ones: each has its own page, extra resources, and a next step once you finish reading.

21
published books
1995
year of the first book
7
writing periods

All of Vista Cheng’s books are written and published in Traditional Chinese and sold in Taiwan. There are no English editions; English titles on this page are descriptive translations.

Book pages

Other book pages

Each book has its own page with previews, related articles, and reader resources.

Timeline

21 books, 7 periods

Grouped by period. In his early years he wrote three internet novels under the pen names 藍色曼特寧 (Blue Mandheling) and 孩子王 (Kidking), along with computer manuals and a biography, before narrowing his focus to copywriting and content marketing. Titles are listed in the original Chinese with an English translation.

2026

Writing and building in the AI era

Two books in one year: one teaches complete beginners to direct AI and ship real work; the other goes back to test how much of a copywriting method written eight years ago still holds.

  1. 2026

    Read Slowly, Get It Fast: Good Copy for the Digital Age

    Vista’s introductory course in copywriting

    Original title: 《慢讀秒懂數位好文案》:Vista老師的文案寫作入門課

    Publisher: 大寫出版 3rd edition

  2. 2026

    Vibe Coding from Zero

    Build websites, apps, and workflow automation with AI

    Original title: 《零基礎學 Vibe Coding》:用 AI 做出網站、App 與工作自動化工具

    Publisher: 碁峯資訊

2024–2025

AI × personal branding

Building a personal brand and running a one-person business in the AI era: how writers can harness AI and redesign the way they work and earn.

  1. 2025

    Build and Monetize a Personal Brand Without Coding

    Set up your digital assistant, build a checkout system, and promote your brand across channels

    Original title: 《不會寫程式也能創立個人品牌和變現》:快速打造你的數位助理,建立結帳系統,多管道同步推廣品牌

    Publisher: 真文化 Personal brand × AI × no-code

  2. 2024

    The ChatGPT Prompting Course: Becoming an Efficient, AI-Savvy Worker

    Original title: 《ChatGPT 提問課,做個懂 AI 的高效工作者》

    Publisher: 虎吉 Intro to AI applications

2018–2023

Copywriting × content marketing

Turning content creation into a system and distilling reusable methods from industry practice: from breaking down good digital copy, to writing standout features with the FAB formula, to producing high-performing copy with ChatGPT.

  1. 2023

    Read Slowly, Get It Fast: Good Copy for the Digital Age (revised and expanded edition)

    Vista’s introductory course in copywriting

    Original title: 《慢讀秒懂數位好文案(全新增訂版)》:Vista 老師的文案寫作入門課

    Publisher: 大寫出版 as “Vista” Adds Chapter 10, “The Alchemy of AI Writing”

  2. 2023

    Wow Them in One Minute: The ChatGPT Bible for Viral Copy

    Writing coach Vista shows you how to write compelling sales copy with ChatGPT

    Original title: 《1 分鐘驚豔 ChatGPT 爆款文案寫作聖經》:寫作教練 Vista 教你用 ChatGPT 寫出引人入勝的銷售文案

    Publisher: 布克文化

  3. 2022

    Copywriting Is Your Superpower

    Writing coach Vista’s secrets to best-selling products and fast-growing audiences

    Original title: 《文案力就是你的鈔能力》:寫作教練 Vista 教你打造熱銷商品、快速圈粉的文案密碼

    Publisher: 布克文化

  4. 2019

    Content Marketing That Moves People

    Plug into the FAB formula and write standout features with ease

    Original title: 《內容感動行銷》:用 FAB 法則套公式,無痛寫出超亮點

    Publisher: 方言文化

  5. 2018

    Read Slowly, Get It Fast

    Vista’s analysis hour for good digital copy

    Original title: 《慢讀秒懂》:Vista 的數位好文案分析時間

    Publisher: 大寫出版 as “Vista” Early copywriting signature work

2009–2014

The tech and social media wave

The web and mobile years: writing for technology media and authoring practical how-to books.

  1. 2014

    He Means It!

    Ten abilities with which “Iron Man” Elon Musk is changing the future

    Original title: 《他是玩真的!》:鋼鐵人伊隆.馬斯克改變未來的 10 種能力

    Publisher: 先覺 with 楊士範 and 吳居叡 Co-authored

  2. 2009

    Facebook: Embracing the World

    Original title: 《擁抱世界的 Facebook》

    Publisher: PCuSER 電腦人文化

  3. 2009

    Building and Running a WordPress Blog

    Ten lessons from site owners

    Original title: 《WordPress 部落格架設與經營》:站長親授的十堂課

    Publisher: 城邦 as “Vista” Co-authored

2001–2003

The dawn of internet fiction

A move from technical manuals into fiction, just as internet literature took off in Taiwan. Three novels published under the pen names 藍色曼特寧 (Blue Mandheling) and Kidking (孩子王).

  1. 2003

    Tenderness at the Fingertips

    Original title: 《指尖的溫柔》

    Publisher: 春天出版社 as 藍色曼特寧 (Blue Mandheling) Pen-name work

  2. 2001

    When Love Spreads Across the Green Fields

    Original title: 《愛在青之野蔓延時》

    Publisher: 采舍 as Kidking (孩子王) Pen-name work

  3. 2001

    Who Was Meant to Meet Me

    Original title: 《誰應該與我相遇》

    Publisher: 網戀館 as 孩子王 (Kidking) Pen-name work

1995

The early internet years

The internet had only just reached the public. This was before blogs and before social media, when Taiwanese readers were still working out what the World Wide Web actually was.

  1. 1995

    The Complete Handbook of the Internet and the World Wide Web

    Original title: 《Internet 全球資訊網完全手冊》

    Publisher: 碁峯資訊 The first book of his publishing career

2016–2020

Simplified Chinese editions

Published by Beijing Times Chinese Press and China Renmin University Press, bringing the original Taiwanese editions to readers in mainland China.

  1. 2020

    Copywriting Power: Copywriting Techniques You Can Learn at Once

    Original title: 《文案力:一學就會的文案寫作技巧》

    Publisher: 北京時代華文書局 Simplified Chinese edition

  2. 2016

    Iron Man Elon Musk

    Ten abilities that are changing the future

    Original title: 《鋼鐵俠埃隆.馬斯克》:改變未來的 10 種能力

    Publisher: 中國人民大學出版社 with 楊士範 and 吳居叡 Simplified Chinese edition of He Means It!

For rights, translation, and overseas publishing inquiries, and for a fuller bibliography, see the author’s profile site (opens in a new tab).