Digital Manga Volume Sales Overtake Print Manga Volume
Sales in Japan for 1st Time:
"Reports by both The Huffington Post on Monday and the NHK World on Tuesday noted
that annual sales of digital manga volume sales overtook sales of physical manga
volumes for the first time in 2017. The reports, citing the Research Institute for
Publications, noted that total sales of physical compiled manga book volumes were
166.6 billion yen (about US$1.56 billion) — down 14.4% compared to the previous year.
This drop is the highest since sales were first tabulated in 1978. Meanwhile, digital
volume sales rose to 171.1 billion yen (about US$1.6 billion) — up 17% compared to the
previous year. These figures do not include magazine sales."
See:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...t-time/.128360