Thread: Why ereaders succeeded in the US but not Japan
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Old 04-11-2017, 11:42 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Lady Stardust View Post
I just found this article from September last year. Apart from insightful information into the government-imposed resale price maintenance system for books, newspapers and magazines, it also reports that in the first month of introduction of KU on Amazon Japan, there were much more subscribers than Amazon hoped for.
I guess that means that there is bigger ebook market than estimated and possible phones as main platform.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/201.../#.WOhpEm996Uk
Or maybe they buy Chinese electronics more than stuff from the U.S. I mean there are the big companies like HP and Dell that are associated more with the west and then there are the Chinese designed models of similar products.
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