Original topic by @curiousjp : BookWalker is an ebook store that offers online reading through the web, has an iOS application (which also allows you to pay for purchases using Apple’s in-app-purchasing mechanism), and lets you do your account creation in English (through the English language ‘glo…

[image] javerend: 無料お試し版 is free trial version Sometimes this might mean that the publication only contains part of the contents of the regular volume, but not sure whether this always means that. [image] javerend: usually it will say in the title somewhere if it’s a temporary one Wel…

It depends, but you can unfortunately usually assume it’s a longer preview. It’s easy to check by looking at the pages in the product description, if it’s 30-50 then it’s a preview and if it’s 100+ it’s the full volume. In this case it is the full volumes. Personally I just download the manga I like…

A few days late, whoops! ▶ 31 July 2023 Non-freebies: I noticed every volume of Bio Booster Armor Guyver is 30 yen for some reason. 8/8 (火) 23:59まで. I would imagine this one is most famous in the English-speaking world for the strange American tokusatsu movie starring Mark Hamill based on it, The…

▶ 04 August 2023 Non-freebies: It seems like there’s an assortment of manga series with volume 1s discounted to 100 yen at the moment, although I haven’t tracked down exactly why. One series to highlight is one of my very favorites: ダンジョン飯 8/17 (木) 23:59まで There’s also a publisher sale for 早川書房 . I …

[image] rodan: There’s also a publisher sale for 早川書房 . I get the distinct impression that they specialize in sci-fi novels! 8/17 (木) 23:59まで They’ve got Crest of the Stars on sale so I bought volume 1 and checklisted the rest. I’ve only read up to Banner of the Stars 4 before I dropped the se…

[image] 原画展開催中！『シャドーハウス』ソウマトウの世界キャンペーン│電子書籍ストア - BOOK☆WALKER 「原画展開催中！『シャドーハウス』ソウマトウの世界キャンペーン」の一覧です。BOOK☆WALKERではKADOKAWAグループ内外の電子書籍を数多く配信中。新着のマンガ（漫画）・ライトノベル、文芸・小説、新書、実用書、写真集、雑誌など幅広く掲載。 Looks like the first 7 volumes of Shadow House (Beginner Book Club) are fo…

This is my eternity goal to read in Japanese. Such a good series and the anime left so much uncovered, even though it got three seasons. I will propose it for the Advanced Book Club one day.

[image] Akashelia: Looks like the first 7 volumes Even better, it’s the first eight. Black and white only, and they go away 8/21.

Saw some color on the first few pages :grin:

▶ 11 August 2023 Non-freebies: Seems like there’s a very widespread onetime 45% coinback promotion on orders 1500 yen or more. 8月17日(木)09:59まで. That oughtta make other sales go even farther, although I will say that it’s a pity recently the wide-scale coin promotions seem to be getting a minimum pri…

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Akashelia August 5, 2023, 10:45am 481

Looks like the first 7 volumes of Shadow House (Beginner Book Club) are for free right now?

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