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grimo1re · 01-28-2008, 06:02 AM

Sales of books and magazines in Japan fell for the third consecutive year to JPY 2.08 trillion, the Nikkei writes citing figures from by the Research Institute for Publications. Sales in 2007 fell 3.1 percent year-on-year. Although the number of books sold was actually the same, a larger chunk of books were inexpensive books such as mobile phone novels causing the drop in sales income.

01-28-2008, 06:02 AM	#1
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Cell phone books cause drop in book income Sales of books and magazines in Japan fell for the third consecutive year to JPY 2.08 trillion, the Nikkei writes citing figures from by the Research Institute for Publications. Sales in 2007 fell 3.1 percent year-on-year. Although the number of books sold was actually the same, a larger chunk of books were inexpensive books such as mobile phone novels causing the drop in sales income.