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Chapter
Reading
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The Number of Books Read in a Month in Japan
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2 時制
文化
Time 30 minutes
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Elementary school students
Junior high school students
High school students
Reading can take you to new places. Books are small and light, but
they can change your world.
watching TV or using smartphones.
However, most people spend more time
Publishing companies* want people to read more books. Some of
s them are trying new shapes of books. An American publisher* called
Dutton* released mini books in October 2018. They are as big as a
smartphone and as thick as a person's thumb. You can hold them in
one hand and flip* the pages like a smartphone screen. Although they
are new in the U.S., they have been popular in Europe for several years.
10 They are popular because they are light, cheap, and environmentally-
friendly.
* publishing company [] publisher []
flip ｢~をめくる」 bunko paperback [**]
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Japan's book industry is also looking for new ideas. Book sales were
more than ¥2 trillion in the 1990s. But now they are falling every year.
Japan already has cheap and light books, such as bunko paperbacks*.
15 However, Japanese people are reading less than before. In 2016,
almost 50% of university students said they read for 0 minutes each day.
How can books become more popular in Japan?
Dutton 「ダットン｣
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