Because kokkeibon did not require as much knowledge of kango and ability to structure a story as when writing yomihon, they were often written as a spare-time activity in circles and were even published in the provinces.
読本ほどの漢語知識と構成力は必要とされないため仲間内で趣味的に作られることも多く、地方でも独自に出版された。