CHRISTMAS BOOK SALES 2005 – HONG KONG
January 1st, 2006
BY TAMARA VANTROYEN, in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's book market saw healthy growth this Christmas compared to 2004, according to leading bookstore chains. "Our book sales this Christmas were up several percentage points compared to the same period last year," says Eric Ho, store supervisor at Dymocks booksellers. Dymocks has been in HK for six years and all nine of its shops are franchises.
Cosmos Books Ltd sold 58 fiction and non-fiction books over the Christmas period - this was also up several percentage points according to Lam Tin Chor, assistant ...
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