Paper Books?
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Came here due to amazon's site being a mess, between almost accidently buying the manga many times/having a hard time just filtering by the series by novel/manga specifically and also most volumes of the novel not being offered in hard copy/paper back I looked for the publishers site.
Series in question is Ascendance of a Bookworm, yet when I got here only thing I seem to find is links to E-book sales.
Is there a way or site where I can find the hard copy/paperback versions of the novel?
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Hello!
Welcome to J-Novel Club!
Here at J-Novel Club the primary form of distribution is digital ebooks, select series are printed and distributed physically, and Bookworm is one of those series.
Here is link to Amazon’s physical edition of the Light Novel, Volume 1
Here is a link to Amazon’s physical edition of the Manga, Volume 1
If you have any additional questions please let me know.
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@Sven-Stevenson-9cpdcgz The simplest solution is to shop on a site that only sells paperback books, such as RightStuf in the US. Otherwise, Barnes & Noble should have their links sorted out better. Amazon's links are all generated automatically, so they mix up manga and light novel and even link to completely different series all the time.
Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
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@Rahul-Balaggan thanks but I was legitimately trying to buy every volume currently translated and that is a damn nightmare on amazon's site.
Don't really think they have overhauled their search format in years. Hence why I came here originally hoping to easily purchase all the current volumes in print /sigh
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https://www.rightstufanime.com/category/Novels?keywords=bookworm
They're all on sale right now, too.
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In that case as Myskaros noted above, you may want to take a look at RightStuf (assuming you are in the states/use them even if you are outside the states)
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@Rahul-Balaggan hmm thanks going to at least buy the volumes availible there but noticed on the wiki page for the novel part 3 vol 1 and 2 are out but not offered on that site.
Tried to check amazon again having the same issue where i cant find paper back copies for pt 3 vol 1+2
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@Sven-Stevenson-9cpdcgz said in Paper Books?:
@Rahul-Balaggan hmm thanks going to at least buy the volumes availible there but noticed on the wiki page for the novel part 3 vol 1 and 2 are out but not offered on that site.
Tried to check amazon again having the same issue where i cant find paper back copies for pt 3 vol 1+2
JNC ebooks are often on a very fast release schedule. Print volumes are going to be slower.
RightStuf has been in business for decades and is a great place to buy anime, manga, novels if you are in the US.
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@HarmlessDave thanks also really sad looking at the wiki noticing how far behind the english translation is from the japanese releases...
Was hoping to read past where the anime left off but looks like I won't be able to any time soon. (I often find myself out to sea without internet connection so paperback copies are preferred for me, combined with I just don't want to start going the kindle route)
Either way upside will get to see what is different between the novel and the anime/what side stories got left out.
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Part 3 Volume 1 can be preordered here, but its release date is in April: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1718356072
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@Sven-Stevenson-9cpdcgz said in Paper Books?:
. (I often find myself out to sea without internet connection so paperback copies are preferred for me, combined with I just don't want to start going the kindle route)
e-ink works really well, especially backlit e-readers. If you dislike Amazon as a company people have said good things about Kobo e-ink readers.
With ebooks you download them to the device once before you start reading, so you do not need an always-on connection. You could load up 20 ebooks before a trip then the only thing you'd need to worry about is recharging the device after reading a few books.
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@Sven-Stevenson-9cpdcgz said in Paper Books?:
Was hoping to read past where the anime left off but looks like I won't be able to any time soon.
I believe the Bookworm anime covered up to Part 2 Volume 2, as of right now Part 2 Volume 3 has been released physically, and Part 2 Volume 4 will be releasing in February.
So you will be able to read past the anime.
(As well as see what the anime did differently/left out)
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@myskaros said in Paper Books?:
Amazon's links are all generated automatically, so they mix up manga and light novel and even link to completely different series all the time.
I tend to look at Amazon's recommendations links as entertainment. Last time I did, AoaB was classified as a "children's book", weather stations as both "home essentials" and "outdoor decor", LTE modems and routers as "lawn and garden", ham radio antenna switches as "camping and hiking equipment", and some rather bizarre classifications, too.
I'll do a +1 on rightstufanime.com, and this is their end-of-year time, where your wallet is in REAL DANGER.
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@Rahul-Balaggan hmm pretty sure I purchased pt2 vol 4 just now, noticed that paperback publication is about 6-9 months behind the physical releases...
Edit: nvm i'm just crazy, bought up to p2 vol 3.
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I would add an additional vote for Rightstuf if you are in the states.
Also I would highly recommend you start at the beginning for bookworm and not where the anime left off, if you weren't already planning on that. The light novels have drastically more detail than the anime, a lot moreso than other series where I've seen both.
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Add another vote from me to get the books from Rightstuf.com. Not only do they have the items and they are easy to find, but they also do a MUCH better job of packing them for shipment. I can't tell you the number of times I've bought books, even EXPENSIVE books off amazon that have arrived loose with no packing in boxes, that I have to send back for being damaged.
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That being said, I'd really recomend picking up an ereader in your case. You don't have to get a kindle, I like the Onyx Boox models. They are a bit pricey, but they run android which means they can read just about any ebook and pdf format like those you can get DRM free from jnovel, and still install the kindle or kobo or bookwalker or barnes&noble apps if you have books purchased through those services.
