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Japan’s e-book market reached a billion yen last year and is expanding by 40-60 percent a year, according to the 160-page “eBook business survey report for 2003″ from Impress Corp. A billion yen is $8 million. In the States in January 2003, net sales of e-books were $3.3 million as reported by the Association of Amerian Publishers.

Reminder to e-book publishers and retailers: Help the industry by participating in the statistics program of the Open eBook Forum. You don’t have to be a member. Current deadline is July 31, with results expected by September 15.

(Japanese stats from Kyodo News, via Pocket PC eBooks Watch.)

 
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