The statistic depicts the sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, broken down by channel. That year, the highest turnover for book and magazine sales was recorded for bookstores with an estimated sales value of approximately 1.2 trillion Japanese yen.
Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel
(in billion Japanese yen)
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Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel
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According to the source, all figures are estimates.
*Sales of printed publications distributed through pure-play online bookstores (ex. Amazon), not including that of e-books. Kinokuniya Bookstore and Maruzen also do the online business, but this channel does not include their sales in priniciple.
**Excluding university cooperatives, stands at the station and the supermarket.
Note: 1 Japanese Yen equals 0.00906 U.S. dollars or 0.00763 euros (as of September 2017).
Figures have been rounded.
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Nippan. (February 15, 2017). Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/755167/japan-book-and-magazine-sales-by-channel/
Nippan. "Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. February 15, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/755167/japan-book-and-magazine-sales-by-channel/
Nippan. (2017). Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/755167/japan-book-and-magazine-sales-by-channel/
Nippan. "Sales Revenue of Books and Magazines in Japan in 2015, by Channel (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/755167/japan-book-and-magazine-sales-by-channel/
Nippan, Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/755167/japan-book-and-magazine-sales-by-channel/ (last visited April 04, 2025)
Sales revenue of books and magazines in Japan in 2015, by channel (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Nippan, February 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/755167/japan-book-and-magazine-sales-by-channel/
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