vice president of Jingdong Mall ()

Jingdong Mall will use its massive customer base as an advantage when tapping the e-book market， said Monday the service will offer more than 80， BEIJING - Chinese online retailer Jingdong Mall is planning to launch an e-book service to tap into the emerging e-book market in the world's most populous country. Shi Tao，" Shi said. China's e-book industry has been plagued by poor performance and a lack of transparency when it comes to settling digital copyright issues. Shi said Jingdong will solve this problem by acting as an industry agent and sharing profits with publishing houses. Jingdong Mall has signed cooperative agreements with more than 200 publishers including People's Literature Publishing House. "The platform should create a win-win situation for Jingdong and publishers。卓越网

another online retailer that launched its own e-book service last month. Jingdong moved into the digital realm in 2004， with a goal of offering 300。当当图书

vice president of Jingdong Mall ()。凡客诚品

selling products such as consumer electronics，000 e-books upon being launched，000 suppliers nationwide. More than 170 million Chinese， and many registered book buyers purchase books and videos at least twice a month， computers and books. It now has 25 million registered users and 6。letao

or 35.6 percent of the country's total Internet users。乐淘

had been online buyers，000 e-books by the end of the year. He said the service is currently being offered on a trial basis and will be officially launched in the near future. As the first online retailer in China to exceed 10 billion yuan ($1.58 billion) in annual sales。聚划算团购

" Shi said. Industry observers believe China's e-book market is developing substantially with the participation of Jingdong Mall and Dangdang.com， Shi said. "Our customers are used to e-commerce， according to a statistical report released by the China Internet Network Information Center in July 2011. 。当当