Sales of online manga overtake book editions for 1st time in Japan

Sales of online manga comics in 2017 surpassed those of printed books for the first time, a Japanese industry research institute said Monday, highlighting a shift in readers' preferences.According to a survey by the Research Institute for Publications, sales of digital manga last year are estimated to have risen 17.2 percent from a year earlier to 171.1 billion yen ($1.6 billion), while sales of book editions fell roughly 14.4 percent to 166.6 billion yen.The research body of the All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association said consumers are increasingly drawn to viewin…READ FULL ARTICLE