That’s according to a Xinhua report:
The Beijing Publishing Authority which says book sales in 2004 brought in over 13 billion Yuan. That means that each of the capital’s 13.5 million permanent residents spends an average of 958 Yuan or about 115 U.S. dollars on books every year…
..Literature still tops people’s shopping lists, with “Wolf Totem” and “Da Vinci Code” being the bestsellers in 2004.
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