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The Beijing Book Building opened to the public on May 8, 1998. It was the country’s largest book retailer at that time with a floor area of 50,000 square meters.
The image in China Daily
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One year later, the bookstore opened an online shop, with a growing number of people turning to tablets or smartphones for information.
Last year, it launched a bookselling robot, which can help readers search, recommend and pay for books.
With technology such as artificial intelligence and the internet, the bookstore provides readers a brand-new reading environment. 16/24 6/24 24/28 14/26 17/27 25/29 9/27 13/28 1/14 17/26 12/27 23/30 6/20 10/18 11/27 15/29 24/27 15/24 16/17 12/21 16/16 15/22 11/16 11/19 8/21 15/20 16/17 13/16 C S R S D R C S S S C D C S O S R D S S C D S O S S D S 15/25 9/26 23/27 14/28 13/22 22/24 9/26 13/29 6/20 16/27 16/25 20/25 6/12 10/22 13/18 16/29 24/26 17/23 12/17 12/20 12/15 16/23 11/12 9/19 9/16 12/18 15/18 13/15 C S St S O D S S S C O D D S D S R C S C R D C D D S D R
Like the Beijing Book Building, physical bookstores have changed in their business models and operations to attract readers.
The latest survey on reading habits from the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication showed 73 percent of adult respondents read digitally, including online, mobile, digital readers and TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Abu Dhabi 25/40 Bangkok 28/37 Colombo 25/31 Dubai 28/40 Hanoi 24/33 Islamabad 17/31 Jakarta 25/31 Karachi 28/35 Kuala Lumpur 25/29 Manila 25/36 Mumbai 26/35 New Delhi 23/31 Pyongyang 11/23 Riyadh 23/39 Seoul 13/22 Singapore 28/30 Sydney 13/24 Teheran 20/26 Tokyo 13/16 Wellington 13/18 Yangon 25/37 S D D S D D C D D D D D C S C D O C R C D 27/45 28/37 26/32 28/42 24/29 20/34 26/30 27/35 25/29 26/36 26/34 21/37 9/23 22/33 10/23 27/30 13/24 19/21 12/16 16/18 25/36 S O D S R D C C D D D S S S S D O D St C C smart pads, last year, while the proportion was less than 25 percent in 2009.
In recent years, digital reading has grown steadily across the country, according to the academy. BuenosAires 17/25 Caracas 26/27 Chicago 11/15 Houston 21/25 Las Vegas 23/33 Los Angeles 14/17 Mexico city 13/14 New York 13/14 Ottawa 2/13 Rio De Janeiro 22/23 San Francisco 13/16 Sao Paulo 16/19 Vancouver 15/19 Washington 12/19 Cairo 18/32 CapeTown 15/16 Johannesburg 3/20 Lagos 25/27 Nairobi 13/21 D D S S S C D S S D C C O S S D S O D 17/25 D 25/25 C 14/15 S 23/27 C 21/32 C 16/20 C 13/14 R 10/13 S 7/16 D 22/23 D 13/17 C 16/18 D 13/17 O 11/18 S 17/33 S 14/16 D 6/20 S 25/27 D 16/21 D