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I came across this long sentence that I am not sure of what it means:

> 電子書籍を読むようになってから、かえってリアル本屋に足を向けて本を眺める習慣ができました。まあレアケースなのかもしれませんが。

With the help of
[safarikai](http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/50176/safarikai), contextually I
(very roughly) interpret it as:

> It is rare to walk to the read bookstore looking for ebooks, in compare with
> real books.

Is this correct? Please correct me.
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How to translate this sentence about ebooks and reading habits?
The gem of the sentence is かえって [which you can see
here](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/10844/m0u/%E5%8D%B4%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6/).
I believe on JLPT-N1 You need to differentiate it from むしろ which is listed as
a synonym in the link.

Depending on how much wiggle room you have, you might translate it totally
differently to sound more natural in English, but I'd do something like this:

> After starting to read ebooks, contrary to what one might think, I started
> the habit of walking into real book stores and reading books. Well, I might
> be a rare case...
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> Ironically, after starting to read ebooks I actually developed the habit of
> browsing for books in a real book store. I guess I might be an exception,
> though.

This is my (loose) translation.

(Since you haven't (yet) provided any other explanation of where you're having
problems understanding the sentence, I don't know where to break down the
sentence further.)
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