Reading between the lines of the e-book market
By China Daily | China Daily | Updated: 2015-08-05 08:50
The industry is now worth $1.4 billion as the online reading craze tempts the big Internet players to move into the sector
It's a Monday morning and the Beijing subway train is packed. Liu Chang squeezes into a carriage and takes out her smartphone to read the latest chapter of an engrossing Chinese novel.
"I love to read books, but it's difficult to read them on a crowded train," said Liu, 24, a computer programmer.
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