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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, 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.
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.)
The gem of the sentence is かえって which you can see here. 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...
