Hard-copy books back on the rise as e-book and e-reader sales stagnate

By Esther Han
Updated January 25 2015 - 10:08am, first published 1:17pm
Sales improving: Jon Page, owner of Pages and Pages book shop in Mosman, Sydney. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan
Sales improving: Jon Page, owner of Pages and Pages book shop in Mosman, Sydney. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan

For years the story went that the e-book revolution would kill off paperbacks and the bricks-and-mortars that sold them. But booksellers here and overseas say the plot has twisted sharply.

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