“One big question is what monetisation models all these companies can develop for e-reading in China,” says Shi Lei, an analyst at BDA, a telecoms and media consultancy.
KBR Inc. started at its doorstep and then went halfway around the world this week to buy a turnaround management consultancy and an e-learning provider.
本周，KBR公司开始购买一家回车场管理咨询和电子学习提供商。
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PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consultancy, reckons e-books will represent about 6% of consumer book sales in North America by 2013, up from 1.5% last year (see chart).