Even more interesting when you look a bit further than that single article by an eBook evangelist... every other source I looked at, shows eBook sales of around 4 million (3.82 to be more precise) so far in 2010. Now someones figures must be a bit distorted as I somehow doubt sales with an average book price of $3000 (do the math).
Most analysts say the market is growing but, like all other countries, the eReader price needs to drop a little further to fuel serious growth.
Now if he's talking about hardware then again that isn't China's publishing industry but hardware business... and much of the manufactured product is for export.
Nice article but distinctly wooly in hard fact if you try to cross-ref elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by boxcorner
Very interesting link, thank you.
"... China's digital publishing industry is booming with a mammoth US$12 billion output in 2009 ..."
"... over 40 companies are manufacturing e-readers in China ..."
"... Chinese textbook publishers are using the same standardised format, unlike the different standards hampering the e-book market elsewhere in the world ..."
"... On average, e-books are 50% to 60% cheaper than the print version ..."
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