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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
The paper manga business in Japan is taking a serious hit from e-devices. 10 years ago one out of four people on the trains during rush hours was reading manga. These days I only see 2-3 per train car. Three out of four have something plugged into their ears, and 2 out of 4 are staring into an electronic device of some sort, either reading, watching TV, or playing a game. Still no dedicated e-readers to be seen though.
Stitchawl
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It's been even longer than 10 yrs since I was in Japan--and back then it was almost all newspapers or manga...once in a while a "cd player" but they were BIG back then. Those were the hot item to own, but not too many people owned or wanted to lug them. Times have changed.
I hear many do some reading on their cell, but I think the majority are probably texting, not reading. Not that I know. I"m just guessing because I haven't been back there in years. I get many emails from my friends there--all via their cell...