While the rest of the world is still discussing the feasibility of reading novels on the Internet or a laptop, Japanese consumers are getting their literary fix on their mobile phones. “One novel that achieved popularity through this new medium went on to be published in print and became a million-copy bestseller. The fact that the novel is now being made into a movie illustrates just how far this phenomenon has come.”
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