Haruki Murakami's new essay hits bookstores in unconventional way

Copies of the new essay "Shokugyo toshiteno Shosetsuka" (Novelist as a Profession) by novelist Haruki Murakami are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2015. The essay hit bookstores across Japan the same day straight from the publisher under an arrangement aimed at helping the stores fight the onslaught from Amazon.com Inc. and other online bookstores. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo