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    • myskaros

      January 2023 Livestream!
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      Eleore

      @Windsagio I have two categories for JNC series I follow - the ones I buy, and the ones I keep as prepub only.

      Bookworm, Apothecary Diaries and Dahlia in Bloom are examples of the former. These are series I really enjoyed and will definitely read again.

      The latter category mostly includes manga includes those books I either won't read again, or simply didn't like enough to justify the purchase. My funds are also limited, unfortunately... .

      As for buying the Japanese versions, well, I don't do that very often, just with a couple of series as shipping can be expensive. Right now, the only ones I'm actively buying are manga (My Happy Marriage's special editions and Shoukoku no Altair, both of which get like one book per year) and the Honzuki junior bunko.

      My Happy Marriage is also a strange example in that I'm getting the English novels but the Japanese manga... perhaps it's because the setting, but that one just feels like I have to read it in Japanese ahaha.

    • myskaros

      Slayers audiobook is here!
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      @myskaros Shameless plug, but I was listening to it while trying to locate a sample for someone on Discord, and it's very nice! She makes a great bandit leader, and I adore her scruffy British accent.

    • hirei

      J-Novel Club Announces New Business Partnership with Kadokawa and Bookwalker
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      Geezer Weasalopes

      @bartzbb said in J-Novel Club Announces New Business Partnership with Kadokawa and Bookwalker:

      @weasalopes said in J-Novel Club Announces New Business Partnership with Kadokawa and Bookwalker:

      including not saying that negotiations failed, if they failed.

      I highly doubt negotiations would ever fail. It might be tricky and hard but would not fail. Especially since JNC already licensed the first few books.

      My basis for this is the fact that Sol Press was able to grab some good titles even though the company was failing and did not have a good track record. They were even able to release more than just 1 volume of a series.

      It's doubtful they would fail in negotiations for additional volumes, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.
      Thus, I include that since they don't report failed negotiations.
      If we never hear of an additional volume in a series even though it had been released umpteen bazillion years ago in Japan, negotiations failed.
      So far that hasn't happened.

      But if the chappie is so out of the loop to ask when the next volume will be ready days after it is released in Japan, one is comprehensive in covering all the reasons they might not hear anything concerning a release date for some time, if ever.

    • Sam Pinansky

      Expiring Volumes (Light Novels)
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      smashman42

      @sniper_samurai said in Expiring Volumes (Light Novels):

      @myskaros No sign of VRMMO Meta 6 on the expiry list. The ebook came out on Monday, I would have expected it to be on the January or February list.

      I missed this because it's this list being wrong...

      Whelp, another one I have to wait on a catch up for that'll likely never happen 😞

    • myskaros

      Fresh February Catchups Are Here!
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      @strangeattractor Just started Late-Start Tamer, and it's giving me non-combat Bofuri vibes. Definitely seems like it'll be a fun one to keep up with going forward.

    • myskaros

      Roll the Film on January Catchups!
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      Geezer Weasalopes

      So I've bought all of By the Grace of the Gods, and have just finished Volume 6.
      I'd have to look through my various files where I've kept track of my reading progress to be sure, but I believe I was reading the fan translation at one time; Volume One was just too familiar in too many ways.

      ETA:
      Finished.
      Eagerly awaiting the licensing of Volume 12, released in Japan in late 2022...

    • myskaros

      Sol Press license rescues!
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      myskaros

      A bit of a late update, but just closing out this topic by announcing that every rescue series originally announced is available for purchase or preorder now!

    • myskaros

      Closing Out 2022 with December Catchups!
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      kuali

      @endoftheline That actually was set up, even if only in passing back near the start of the series.

      "You'll need language and crafting skills. I can also throw in some fighting skills for your self-defense. As a tradeoff, you'll have the bare minimum in magical ability, but you won't need it for day-to-day life anyway. What do you think?"
      "Sounds good to me."

      Admittedly, the actual combat skill he ended up with would seem rather disproportionate to its description...

    • myskaros

      Anime NYC 2022
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      xdrfiredogx

      @myskaros Mia looking so BOSS there

    • myskaros

      Start Winding Up the Year with November Catchups!
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    • myskaros

      October 2022 Livestream!
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      jpwong

      Sounds like if you get to the JNC booth at AnimeNYC early enough they're gonna have some stuff on sale you can't normally get your hands on these days.

      From discord courtesy of LurkingMcLurk

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    • myskaros

      Opportune October Options Ostensibly Ominous
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      @Geezer-Weasalopes

      I'm looking forward to Volume 5 of Redefining the Meta at the VRMMO Academy.

      I might re-read the first 4 volumes now that they are on catch-up.

      Hooray for rescues!

    • myskaros

      Back in School? Unwind After Classes with September Catchups!
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      myskaros

      Just a note for our members, catchups will be changing on Monday, October 3, since the first of the month is on a weekend and we unfortunately have not created an automated system for it yet!

    • myskaros

      September 2022 livestream!
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      @Tube Yeah, but that's not up in the cycle of side books until after Fanbook 3.

    • myskaros

      Ample Archaic Articles Are Available Again All August!
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      Thank you for the heads up and what you said makes a ton of sense. It's unfortunate because I thought it was a great series. Nice character development compared to most titles out, character grind versus OPed from day one, enough fan service, and a nice balance between comedy and seriousness.

      I hope the creator attempts to make a sequel one day.

    • myskaros

      Manga now available for Coins on J-Novel Club!
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      myskaros

      @arghc Correct; the only discount comes from your subscription status, otherwise the cost per coin is consistent regardless of quantity.

    • myskaros

      New J-Novel Coins are here!
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      @pcj said in New J-Novel Coins are here!:

      @admin said in New J-Novel Coins are here!:

      @saffire We're kind of waiting to make a few other changes all at once to the app so it might be a little while but we'll definitely get to it (along with allowing purchases of coins etc IN the app).

      Amazon just stopped allowing you to purchase within the Kindle app because they didn't want to give the app stores their cut.

      I think JNC are in a pretty different situation to Amazon though. The app stores cut likely aren't much different to what Kobo, Bookwalker and Amazon themselves are taking for selling the books 3rd party. If they can bring more people over to buying direct by offering that additional payment method, that balances out.

    • myskaros

      2022/07/30 - Forum Maintenance Downtime (completed!)
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      Terabyte

      Here's hoping it fixes also email notifications. 😋

    • myskaros

      Upcoming JNC light novel price increases
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      Shiny

      I bought a lot of credits not to game the system but to hedge against the pound falling against the dollar (which it subsequently did).

    • myskaros

      Blast Off with July's Catchup Selection!
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      myskaros

      Just a reminder that catchups will be changing next Monday! Better finish reading July's selection before they're gone!

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