Hey I’m looking for a couple recommendations for sites I can buy Japanese e-books on. I have a Kobo device so I’m looking for alternatives to Amazon… ideally a site that simply allows you to download the .epub files Thanks

You can have a look at this thread, there is a section about buying digital books: [image] Resources for Starting to Read Japanese Content Reading [Reading] This thread brings together resources and advice for helping people to get started with reading. I…

Those guides don’t seem to have the information I’m looking for. I tried Bookwalker and the book I purchased isn’t even available for download it has to be read in their app online. The sites don’t seem to clearly state which books are available for download to your computer and in which formats. Th…

There is no commercial site that lets you simply download the books, unfortunately. You always have to read them through the site’s app or the site’s device. You can access a lot of stuff on Aozora though, it’s even free of charge. But it’s HTML pages only (which you may process to your liking and …

Ah okay thanks. For Japanese kindle books are you still able to download the files though and then convert them and remove the DRM as you can with books purchased on North American Amazon sites?

[image] movehome: I have a Kobo device [image] movehome: The sites don’t seem to clearly state which books are available for download to your computer and in which formats. You may have already found that while Kobo has a download option, it doesn’t actually download the EPUB file. Th…

Oh I see. I’m checking out the Kobo site now and their library seems very limited. I searched for Kiki’s Delivery Service in Japanese and all that came up was porn stuff. Nothing in the results for Murakami either. I guess I’ll just try buying a cheap kindle book from Amazon Japan and see if I can …

[image] movehome: For Japanese kindle books are you still able to download the files though and then convert them and remove the DRM as you can with books purchased on North American Amazon sites? Yes, though I believe Calibre only knows how to remove the DRM if you have some kindle device li…

[image] movehome: I searched for Kiki’s Delivery Service in Japanese and all that came up For Kobo, you need a Japanese account (with a Japanese-looking home address), and the store needs to be set to Japanese (top-right corner): [Screenshot_20211018_143049]

[image] movehome: I searched for Kiki’s Delivery Service in Japanese and all that came up was porn stuff I believe that you need to sign in with a Rakuten account to view the full catalogue [image] [image] seanblue: Yes, though I believe Calibre only knows how to remove the DRM if you …

[image] Kumirei: Although I only tried it a couple of times I never needed a serial number I put in my Kindle Paperwhite’s serial number. When I download a book from Amazon, I say I’m downloading it for my Paperwhite, so the DRM is specifically for that device. Then Calibre can somehow use my…

Best sites for non-Kindle Japanese ebooks?

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NicoleIsEnough October 18, 2021, 7:34pm 2

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