Hi all, I wanted to give reading an Absolute beginners book a try, but I’m having a hard time in actually buying a book… there is a link to Bookwalker but the site is in Japanese, at WK level 4 I don’t speak enough to actually buy something there
Then there is a link to Amazon.jp. I noticed I need a seperate account for that so I made a new account. But now the book only says ‘ready for download’ and I don’t actually see an option to buy or download it.
I guess this has to be done with Kindle. I already use Kindle with my EU account.
How do you guys do this, do you switch to your Japanese kindle account and then buy the book?
Which way do you find the easiest to buy a digital book without constantly having to switch from Amazon accounts?
I can’t really help you with Kindle because I use Bookwalker, but I just wanted to mention that Bookwalker is available in English via https://global.bookwalker.jp/
If you want to use Amazon for both, you have to either switch accounts all the time or buy a second kindle. Unfortunately you can’t log into a kindle with two Amazon accounts at the same time. Personally, I never used kindle on my Amazon US account, so I use mine exclusively with my Amazon JP account. Another option would be to use something like Bookwalker for Japanese and keep using your kindle for whatever you use it for today. It’s really up to you and your reading preferences.
Can you buy Japanese books from the global site now? I thought the global one was for their English books (but admittedly it’s been some years since I have used the non-japanese one, so could be wrong)
I think switching between both accounts will be the easiest solution for me then… sucks that Amazon doesn’t have a worldwide account. I now have 3 accounts, for the USA, EU and Japan
First, buy the coins. It can be used in both English and Japanese website. - ログイン｜電子書籍ストア - BOOK☆WALKER Also, the display language can be changed separately from the store website.
Thank you so much for this. When I follow your first link it opens my account settings page. On that page or on the homepage I can’t see where I can buy coins… but while reading the FAQ I saw this so I think I’ll manage it this way
Next up you need to log-in, I believe the global and japanese shop have different accounts, so if you don’t have a Japanese account (which I assume is the case), you need to click the lowest orange button. I have translated the two windows for you if you want to know what they say :
“total amount
1,100 yen for 1 item (tax included)
Various payment options!
(May not be available depending on the device.
Register and go to payment selection
Click here to use coins and coupons”
The rest of the pages can be changed to English (for the account creation and the cart) by clicking this item :
I wanted to order something from Amazon.com and for that the EU account doesn’t work… you need a separate account for that. And the same goes for Amazon.JP, also need a different account for that (I use the same email for all 3 accounts, but they are separate accounts). It’s a silly system.
You don’t need to enter a phonenumber, just email, password and basic data.
Ah, sorry about that. Since I saw my earlier purchases on the English site, I assumed you could also buy them there. Once you bought a volume of series, you can even click on the “Unpurchased from this series” button on the English site, but I see now that that automatically takes you to the Japanese site. Those instructions you linked to, look pretty clear, though, so it looks like you will figure it out
I am also curious whether the same email works. As a matter of fact, I can already browse Japanese eBook in Kindle (by setting the whole Android display language to Japanese, but in PC, it is really a no-brainer.)
However, got this also “Available for download now” / 「今すぐダウンロードできます。」. Seems to be only for Kindle / eBook.
Those instructions look very clear, unfortunately they don’t work. When I add the book to my cart and open my cart i need to sign in. I do so, then my account page opens. I go back to the book page, cart is empty, I’m signed out again…
Going to try MatKat’s instructions now
Keep in mind this means switching every time you want to read something, not every time you want to buy something. When you switch accounts it wipes all the content from the device.
I’ll keep the post in a details tag should anyone want to see :
