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...Then, after reading Ima Ningen Toshite by Takeji Hayashi, he was inspired to write a letter to its publisher, Komichi Shobo Co., saying the book awakened him to reading. That connection led to a job at the small company. At 28, Takei went independent, publishing in 1989 the best-selling compilation Listen to My Story: The Blue Hearts, My Love, the authors of which included Banana Yoshimoto. Takei had yet to even rent office space...
...sold after three months is slashed to 100 yen (about 85?). Sellers of new books, along with publishers and wholesalers, are powerless to fight back. By law they can't cut their own prices to compete. "He completely got us," says Akiro Kikuchi, president of publishing company Chikuma Shobo. "You've got to hand it to him. He is one smart...
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