Sweeping technological changes have worried the book industry as it grapples with e-readers and tablets such as the iPad introduced into the publishing market as overall U.S. book sales have declined.

来势汹汹的科技变革让图书出版行业忧心忡忡。在美国图书销售额整体下降的情形下，他们不得不努力应对电子阅读器和iPad之类平板电脑对出版市场造成的冲击。

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No statistics are available on the sales of this sliver of the book market.

这本书只是书海中的一粟，销量并不可知。

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Waterstone's recorded a 3.4% fall in like-for-like sales, in line with the rest of the book market.

连锁书店Waterstone ' s的同比销售额下降了3.4%，基本符合整个图书市场低迷的走势。

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Optimists think online book sales will reach 8% of the market by 2000.

ECONOMIST: Electronic commerce

With less than 0.1% of the Chinese book market, Dangdang's sales could soar fast if it became easier for Chinese to buy securely online.

ECONOMIST: Selling books in China

Overall sales are steady and the e-book market is growing at a slower pace a helpful trend for physical stores.

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