Smartbooks Adds 'Company Shikiho' Industry Map 2027 Edition Nine Days After Print
The quick turn from the August 22 book release to an August 31 app delivery, plus a format that carries the audio, body text, and industry maps in one place, is the pitch Smartbooks is making to readers who already buy the print edition.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Smartbooks Inc. began delivering the "'Company Shikiho' Industry Map 2027 Edition" on its reading app on August 31, 2026, nine days after Toyo Keizai published the book on August 22. The edition covers 193 industries and 4,110 companies, and the app reads the text aloud, shows the industry maps, and lets users scroll the body text. Total recorded time is about 66 hours, with playback up to 4.6x speed.
The app runs the body text through automatic voice while the industry maps stay on screen, and the reader can scroll ahead in the text without losing the audio position. Playback speed adjusts up to 4.6x, and the fast-forward and rewind intervals can be set in seconds. Smartbooks puts the total recorded time at roughly 66 hours; the company calculates an average of about seven minutes per industry at 2.8x and about five minutes at the maximum 4.6x.
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