23 pc Chinese read e-books

BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese people between the ages of 18 and 70 read 613 million electronic books in 2010, according to a survey.

The survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication covered over 19,000 people in 51 cities in 29 Chinese provinces, Xinhua reported.

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At least 23 percent of Chinese people read e-books via mobile phones, up eight percentage points from 2009. Another 3.9 percent read books on e-book readers and over 18 percent read books on the internet, it said.

The survey said only 16.4 percent of the e-book readers bought paper books after reading the electronic versions.

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