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- 1Japanese used bookstores boom as bulk buyers purchase books by the ton●Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton
Used bookstores across Japan are reporting a fivefold surge in sales, driven by bulk purchases of books measured in tons. Retailers say some single orders have reached 50 tons, with books shipped to the United States for AI scanning and then destroyed. Many smaller suspicious bulk buys are suspected to end up in similar foreign scan-and-shred facilities, raising concern that rare titles are being lost to the secondhand market.
- 2Bulk Orders Surge at Japanese Used Bookstores; 50 Tons Shipped to U.S.●Bulk Orders Surge at Used Bookstores in Japan; 50 Tons Sent to U.S.
Used bookstores in Japan are seeing a surge in bulk purchase orders, with roughly 50 tons of secondhand books shipped to buyers in the United States, according to Nippon TV. The report highlights growing overseas demand for Japanese used books, though it does not specify who the buyers are or what kinds of books are being purchased.