comics, magazines, and other textual materials, had shown a particularly strong year-on-year growth rate of 28.6 percent in fiscal year 2020, which was a result of increased consumption due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the success of hit titles during that year. The e-books market was expected to grow further and to reach a size of almost 807 billion yen by fiscal year 2027.
The user expenditure on e-books in Japan amounted to 602.8 billion Japanese yen in fiscal year 2022, which was an increase of 9.4 percent compared to the previous year. The market, which includes User expenditure on e-books in Japan from fiscal year 2018 to 2027 (in billion Japanese yen)
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User expenditure on e-books in Japan from fiscal year 2018 to 2027 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Impress, August 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/686585/japan-consumer-spending-on-digital-books/