I recently noticed the newer Part 3 and Part 4 volumes of Bookworm on OverDrive, so I was checking to see where I left off and the missing middle volumes hasn't changed.

I thought I'd ping in here that the corrections haven't happened yet. I'm satisfied so long as they're still planned to be looked into - they're quite worth the wait.

I'd also like to note that the "series" tagging on OverDrive is inconsistent -
If I search by creators: Miya Kazuki, You Shiina, or Quof they all seem to come up
example: https://www.overdrive.com/search?q=Miya Kazuki
If I search by series, there are several different tags that don't bring up all the books
ex:
Ascendance of a Bookworm
https://www.overdrive.com/series/ascendance-of-a-bookworm
brings up 4-1, 4-2; manga v6
Ascendance of a Bookworm, Part 1
1-3, manga 1-2, 1-3, 1-5
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2
v1 and v3
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 2 [looks identical to prior]
v2
Ascendance of a Bookworm, Part 3
https://www.overdrive.com/series/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-part-3
v5

Somehow the main OverDrive site, as opposed to the specific one for my library, has different results on these series searches for some of them, so I just linked the ones with the odd behavior on there.
I can imagine that someone trying to follow the series through the OverDrive app exclusively may get quite confused trying to figure out where the rest of the books in the series are if they're not trying to search by author. I'm sure this has to do with OverDrive being a bother in the backend, but since it hasn't already been reported I thought it might help.

Thanks for all your hard work publishing these books!

I'd been dubious about A Very Fairy Apartment, but a couple of days ago I said to myself, I said, "Hey. It's free just now."

What a lie that was.
It's only "free" if you don't go out afterwards and purchase the whole series...

I think my dubiosity was a result of being a major fan of Rokujouma, and somehow having a block on the idea that there could be other Worthy Works with a bunch of goofballs invading someone's apartment.
Dunno.
Whatever my concern had been, it was totally bogus.

A Very Fairy Apartment is very silly, and very well done.

@legitpancake So the images are probably in the front. Thank you for the answer.

Sorry for the late reminder, but catchups will be changing on Wednesday around 1000 PST/1800 UTC, so finish reading your picks before then!

@sam-pinansky That is disappointing :( At least my credit limit I guess gets to be happy.

Holy moly that's a lotta new content. Grats JNC!

Would limiting opening new chats to subscribing members solve the spam bot issue?

@campbella said in Haunting Halloween Creepy Catchups!:

@harmlessdave said in Haunting Halloween Creepy Catchups!:

The other is Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy which I highly recommend.

Yesss!! Great portrayal of a paladin. It's one of my favorite books so I was happy to see it mentioned. Faraway Paladin has done a great job so far too (I need to read the LN now)

Yes, Moon's take on a paladin is more human and more admirable than the stereotypes of the insufferable goody two-shoes and the humorless zealot. Faraway Paladin gets it right (for me) in some of the same ways.

Happy bday j-novel!!

I love the work you guys did these last 5 years, hopefully I'll get to see 5 more! :D

@rahul-balaggan said in Get Ready to Fall for August Catchups!:

@elkensteyin

Not Myskaros however, the general answer would be that J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing acquisitions until they are ready to announce.

That being said, since you are quoting a comment in relation to the Realist Hero Series, I will mention that J-Novel Club has licensed and is releasing the manga.

https://j-novel.club/series/how-a-realist-hero-rebuilt-the-kingdom-manga

Since you mentioned sequel series after that, I assume this is not about Realist Hero, as to my knowledge there is no sequel series.

Thanks for the reply.

And that is an Oopsie on my part, as I think I may have quoted the wrong item in the thread. I meant to ask about the manga and sequel regarding The Sorcerer's Receptionist, which was discussed earlier in the thread and the silly me that I am didn't realize that the topic changed.

Completely understand about formally commenting on future works, however.

@myskaros said in Delays for October 2021 and November 2021 Print Titles:

@qeeh Due to our website architecture, it's very difficult to add new features that don't use that existing structure. (Hint: This architecture was built in 2016, before Sam even started thinking about print, so you can imagine why print features on the website are kind of scarce...)

Plans to update our architecture are in the works but will take months to complete and migrate, so after that it will be much more feasible to add a feature like what you're describing.

I can totally relate to that. I'm programming myself (thou, in my case, hospital information systems). Making a generic structure can be both a blessing and a curse at the same time.

Hello catchup readers! Friendly reminder that catchups will be changing on Friday, October 1, around or after 1000 PDT (1700 UTC), so get your reading done before then!

@sea-sea

Hello,

Yes the July catchups have now expired (as of yesterday), now that August is in full swing a new set of catchup titles have been announced, and the old ones have gone back in the vault.

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/4779/get-ready-to-fall-for-august-catchups

So that explains why Amazon emailed me about the Otherside Picnic omnibus 2 print getting delayed, can't be helped but it's fine 😅

@masterlillyclaw @thewickerman
Sam explained some of the hints on discord. Here's more explanations from him, as well as guesses worked out by other people:

@lily-garden said in Read While Sunbathing with June's Catchups!:

I been waiting for My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World to be on catch-up.

I've already read them all but am glad it is on catch-up so that others can discover it. Those who enjoy it should consider getting the premium epubs because they feature "Translator's Notes about all the references that Mutsuko makes to classic anime and manga".