Big deal at the Tokyo International Book Fair is digital
By Paul Biba
Picked this up from GalleyCat. If you want to see the English version of the Book Fair site you can go here. The following is from Publishing Perspectives:
Nevertheless, these days the main attraction for most overseas visitors isn’t in print, it’s digital. For years no the Tokyo International Book Fair has offered a showcase for the latest in e-book and digital publishing technology. This year, companies exhibiting include top names like Voyager Japan, Celsys, Sharp, Dai Nippon Printing and Toppan Printing.
In Japan, the market for digital publishing continues to grow at a rate of 200% per year since 2003 and in 2007 is estimated to have hit $335 million in annual sales. (Still, this represents just a fraction of the overall annual market, estimated to be approximately $20 billion.) “Compared with other Asian countries, even other countries in the world, we are the most developed in this area, particularly in e-content for mobile phones,” confirmed Han.
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