Digital comics accounted for around 466 billion Japanese yen generated within the e-book market in Japan in fiscal year 2021. Other types of e-books, such as literary works, made up a much smaller proportion of the e-book market size during that year.
E-book market size in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by segment (in billion Japanese yen)
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Impress. (August 10, 2022). E-book market size in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by segment (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/758921/japan-e-book-sales-value-by-type/
Impress. "E-book market size in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by segment (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. August 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/758921/japan-e-book-sales-value-by-type/
Impress. (2022). E-book market size in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by segment (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/758921/japan-e-book-sales-value-by-type/
Impress. "E-book Market Size in Japan in Fiscal Year 2021, by Segment (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/758921/japan-e-book-sales-value-by-type/
Impress, E-book market size in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by segment (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/758921/japan-e-book-sales-value-by-type/ (last visited December 09, 2023)
E-book market size in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by segment (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Impress, August 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/758921/japan-e-book-sales-value-by-type/