Bookstores brave digital onslaught
By Wu Yiyao in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2016-09-05 08:43
Many retailers of books reinvent business models to survive and thrive in spite of competition online
Every Saturday, accountant Liu Xincheng, 28, makes special efforts to reach the SiSYPHE bookstore in central Shanghai's Joy City, a commercial complex, earlier than other customers.
"You have to arrive there early in order to secure a (good) place to read or a seat in the cafe within the bookstore. After 1 pm, the entire place is fully occupied, and you have to line up for a seat, for browsing a shelf, and to pay at the counter," said Liu.
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