Japanese customers see large falls in the number of paper books and magazines sold decrease in 2009 according to research

“Sales of paper books and magazines in Japan fell 4.1 percent to a 21-year low in 2009, shrinking 27 percent since its 1996 peak, according to the Research Institute for Publications.”




Source: iPad May Be ‘Black Ship’ That Shakes Up Japan’s Book Industry
April 08, 2010
By Pavel Alpeyev and Yoshinori Eki
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-08/ipad-may-be-black-ship-that-shakes-up-japan-s-book-industry.html