Booksellers in china are having a really hard time. Their share of booksales has declined from 85 pert to 20 % over the ten years leading up to 20 20. According to the most recent data i've seen 80% of chinese bookshop owners have said their revenues were falling. Ted plafker is the economis spaging correspondent on line sellers or a big issue luring the bookworms out of the bookshops.