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/news/2018-02-28/digital-manga-v   
   lume-sales-overtake-print-manga-volume-sales-in-japan-for-1st-time/.128360   
      
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