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E-publishing Boosts China's Booming $150bn Book MarketPosted at 7:07AM Friday 27 Aug 2010 The Beijing International Book Fair, running August 30 through September 3, is attracting an increasingly global audience, as the Chinese book market continues to boom. For many, this means digital.Sales of ebooks and digital products flew dramatically last year, hitting some 80 billion RMB ($11.8 billion) in 2009 – up from 50 billion RMB ($7.35 billion USD) in 2008. It still represents less than 10% of the overall book market, which is valued at just over a trillion RMB ($150 billion USD).
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