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      Elijah203223 Premium Member last edited by

      I know I often come off as paranoid when major changes happen to Japanese companies. So I have decided to ask everyone for their thoughts on Global Bookwalker being absorbed into J Novel Club. I don't mind it, but I do have some concerns if we will still be able to access the JP store.

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        morbelek Premium Member last edited by morbelek

        Relevant Press Release: https://global.bookwalker.jp/info-ownership-transfer/

        Pro: J-Novel staff get more accurate counts for what's popular in Japan leading to better English licensing opportunities.

        Con: Sam sees that everyone here has already bought Redo of a Healer on Book☆Walker and now has no choice but to license it under the new oh!Shi-novel club banner.

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          Elijah203223 Premium Member @morbelek last edited by

          @morbelek lol

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            Seandrake Premium Member @morbelek last edited by

            @morbelek

            I hate to admit it but I read redo wn years ago and under all the shock schlock theres a quite good story.

            Its a shame if im honest.

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              Almond Magnum Member last edited by

              Does that mean we can download our books in epub format instead of using Bookwalker's shitty reader? Because I would welcome that.

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                Valanduin Premium Member @Almond Magnum last edited by

                @Almond-Magnum said in Thoughts on Bookwalker global:

                Does that mean we can download our books in epub format instead of using Bookwalker's shitty reader? Because I would welcome that.

                You already can do that, in fact it is better to do it that way, the ones you are looking at are prepubs, they are missing content like the color illustrations and do not usually have all of the corrections from the final round of editing or any post-release corrections. The online reader is there for people streaming the pre-publication releases. If you go to the user section of the j novel club site it takes you to the books you have purchased and you can download from there.

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                  Almond Magnum Member @Valanduin last edited by

                  @Valanduin
                  I meant the books in the Bookwalker library. I just really dislike the Bookwalker reader.

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                    admin Staff @morbelek last edited by

                    @morbelek jokes on you I've had access to bookwalker Japan's sales numbers for years (I am a member of their board)

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