An interesting article in the Herald about what pushed Korean book sales last year..

It relates to my previous post about Shin Kyung-sook, inasmuch as one of the motive forces was apparently female authors.

The other motive force was the e-book:

Kyobo, the country’s biggest bookstore chain, said its preliminary yearly sales rose 8.9 percent from 2008, helped by the stronger-than-expected revenue from e-book sales.

Interesting

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