Sales of comics and photo books of idols are increasing every year but novels and the other kind of books’ sales are declining. When Kindle started their online publishing in Japan in 2012, it was said that digital publishing will turn out to be (3)a cash cow. The system (1)carved out a niche at that time. Impress Corporation predicted that digital publishing sales will reach JPN 315 billion in 2022 but if you don’t include comics and photo books sales it would only amount to 50 billion.
“It’s not proof that real books’ sales will increase”, wrote by Akio Nakamata. “There are many bookstores closing in Japan. Sales numbers of books also declining down to 163 million. The Japanese Publishing Industry is absolutely sinking little by little. If we want to survive from this sinking ship, we have to go ahead and try to revolutionize ourselves. It’s a (2)case in point.”
He also wrote, “Books are not only consumable things and a form of entertainment but also knowledge and wisdom. It will be a big problem if it will be lost like a path of a long lost trading route. ” I highly agree with his opinion because I am a bookworm. In my opinion, digital books have changed the world already, but real books still have a strong power of influence.
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Title: Is Publishing Industry will decline in Japan?
Comics, photo books of idols’ are increasing sales every year. but novels and the other kind of books’ sales are declining. When Kindle started publishing in Japan in 2012, It said that Digital publishing will be turn out to be (3)a cash cow. The system (1)carved out a niche at that time. Impress Corporation predicted that the Digital publishing sales will reach JPN 315 billion in 2022. but if the comics and photo books sales will remove from it, It’s only 50 billion.
“It’s not proof that real books’ sales will increase”, wrote by Akio Nakamata. “There are many bookstores closing in Japan. Sales numbers of books also declining 163million. Japanese Publish Industry absolutely sinking little by little. If we want to survive from the mud ship, we have to go ahead, and we try to revolute ourselves. It’s (2)case in point.”
He also wrote, “Books are not only consumable things, entertainments. It’s knowledge and wise which will be updated timely. It’s a big problem if it will be lost that the path of the trading route. ” I highly agree with his opinion because I am a bookworm. In my opinion, digital books had changed the world already, but Real books still have a strong power of influence.
- References
- 出版業界は沈みゆく泥舟なのか « マガジン航[kɔː] https://wp.me/pap2RL-6bo @magazine_kさんから
- China and the US make nearly half the world’s books https://qz.com/1057240/ @qzさんから
homework:
(1)carve out a niche: A person or company who carves out a niche concentrates on a particular segment of the market, to which they supply a product or service, and develop their expertise in that area.
(e.g.) “In today’s competitive market it is better to carve out a niche and try to become the best in that area.”
(2)case in point: This term refers to an example which serves to illustrate, support or prove a point which is currently under discussion.
(e.g.) “Not even the most talented athlete is guaranteed a long career. The latest skiing accident is a case in point.”
(3)a cash cow: A product or service which is a regular source of income for a company is called a cash cow.
(e.g.) “His latest invention turned out to be a real cash cow.”
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 3 idiomatic phrases(No.1~3) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.