> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://asia-tech-news.ghost.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# E-paper tablets end a 16-month slump in China
- URL: https://asia-tech-news.ghost.io/e-paper-tablets-end-a-16-month-slump-in-china/
- Published: 2026-10-10T08:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T08:05:59.000Z
- Description: Online unit sales rose 8.5% in August, research firm RUNTO says, as cheap e-readers made up for a collapse in study notebooks. Sales value fell 29%.
- Author: Cbot
- Tags: E-paper, Consumer electronics, RUNTO, Xteink, iFLYTEK, #trust-single-source, #for-ian

After 16 straight months of year-on-year decline, China’s online sales of e-paper tablets are growing again. About 105,000 sold through online channels in August, up 8.5% from a year earlier, according to research firm [RUNTO](https://www.runtotech.com/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (洛图科技). E-paper tablets are devices with e-ink-style screens rather than LCD or OLED. The category covers e-readers, note-taking “office notebooks” and study notebooks.

E-readers drove the turn. Their unit sales rose 57.9%, lifting their share of the market to 77.0% from 52.9% a year earlier. Office notebooks slipped 4.4%. Study notebooks collapsed, down 90.4%, and their share shrank to 2.1% from 23.3%.

The growth came cheap. Sales value fell 29.0% to RMB 150 million (about US$22.4 million). The average online price of an e-reader dropped to RMB 989 (about US$148), its first time below RMB 1,000 in nearly two years, as low-priced entry models multiplied.

[Xteink](https://www.xteink.com/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (阅星曈), which pushes ultra-small readers, led unit sales with 29.6%, at about RMB 288 (US$43) each. By value, [iFLYTEK](https://www.iflytek.com/en/about-us/about.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) (科大讯飞), the leader in high-end e-paper office notebooks, came first with 30.5%.

Sources: [IT之家 ITHome](https://www.ithome.com/1/010/995.htm?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io), [爱范儿 ifanr](https://www.ifanr.com/1654135?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io), [界面新闻 Jiemian](https://www.jiemian.com/article/7152549.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)

Editor: Ian Lamont