Online book sales surged by more than 24 percent from the previous year, while sales at brick-and-mortar stores dropped by nearly 12 percent, the paper said, citing an industry report released by Beijing-based research company Openbook.
Children's books continued to top the best-sellers, accounting for 27 percent of overall sales, said the paper.
The country's book market grossed 89.4 billion yuan (about 12.9 billion U.S. dollars) last year.
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