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noun
a novel that is meant to be read on a mobile phone
Of Japan's top 10 bestselling fiction works in the first half of this year, five began life as keitai shosetsu; moved from pixel to page, their average sale is 400,000.
Submitted from United Kingdom on 16/08/2011 09:39:00
Definition of keitai shosetsu from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online

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