Books no longer just books in China

Anonymous Patron writes One from Xinhua – English (China) on the trend of best sellers in the Chinese domestic book market.
Whether in terms of the binding and layout, the subject, or the design, publishers have been eager to learn from international fashions.

However, behind the image of a hot and prosperous book market, where the variety of books dazzles the eyes of readers, and bookstores and book bars spring up like mushrooms, some unusual and strange phenomena have begun to emerge. Meanwhile, the coddled and sheltered Chinese reader has become more and more confused about what constitutes the “eal thing.””