Hi,
With a growing population of Chinese in the U.S., I am interested in
finding out the volume & dollar value of sales of Chinese books in the
U.S. Any sales trend data in the last 5 years would be appreciated. 
If possible, I'd love to see sales of fiction distinguished from
non-fiction and separately, online vs. traditional bookstore sales. 
Who are the largest online booksellers of Chinese books, as measured
by sales (if possible) or by web traffic?

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Request for Question Clarification by digsalot-ga on 24 Jul 2002 19:38 PDT

Could you give a little tighter definition of "Chinese books?"  Are
you asking about books 'from' China and in the Chinese language only
or about books in the Chinese language printed anywhere, including
both Chinas (Taiwan) and the U.S.?  Are you including non-Chinese
language books printed in China but marketed here in addition to
Chinese language books?  If you tighten the definitions to more
exacting information, it will make an enormous difference in the
details of the answer.

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Clarification of Question by gingko-ga on 25 Jul 2002 09:02 PDT

I'm talking about books in the Chinese language printed anywhere but
sold in the US market.  The answer I'm looking for would exclude books
in languages other than Chinese, even if they are printed in China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong.  Hope that helps.