Having worked on my problem with Firefox, I have found a fix that works on my Linux machine.

Firefox has "Advanced Preferences" that you can access (not recommended, they say) by typing about:config into the URL bar. A huge list of items comes up and if you change the boolean "privacy.resistFingerprinting" item to FALSE, then the new pages will load on Linux. When you change it back to TRUE, manga pages stop loading.

Unfortunately this doesn't work on the Mac. I don't know why.

This is not something I feel comfortable with changing permanently, but I feel like I'm one step closer to making it work.

@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:

@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:

@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:

@lurkingmclurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:

@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:

Today is (at least in my time zone) the one year anniversary of J-Novel Club releasing Part 1 Volume 1 (Part 1) and after just a year we are now at Part 2 Volume 3 (Part 9). Comparing to the web novel fan-translations, after one year they were at web novel chapter 40 which would be in the middle of Part 1 Volume 2.

And now (in my time zone) it's one day after the two year anniversary and they're at Part 3 Volume 5 (Part 5). Again comparing to the web novel fan-translations, after two years they were at web novel chapter 59 which would be about a third of the way into Part 1 Volume 3.

And now (as always, in my time zone) it's the three year anniversary and they're at Part 4 Volume 6 (Part 7). This is final time where I can compare to the original web novel fan-translations since the they ran for almost exactly three years themselves (2015-12-29-2018-12-24), at their endpoint they were at web novel chapter 96 which is about two thirds of the way into Part 2 Volume 1. The point of the comparison isn't to say that somebody doing it as their hobby is slower than somebody doing it as their job but rather to show just how good the last three years have been for English readers.
Another thing to point out is that in Japan Part 4 Volume 6 came out on 2019-03-09 so they're one release away from being where Japan was when the light novel was announced (ignoring auxiliary material).

Time sure flies. It's now the four year anniversary (in my time zone) and they're at Part 5 Volume 4 (Part 1). This time I'd like to show some four year old messages from the Discord server.
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Note: Part 5 Volume 3 is book 24 of the main series.

You know the drill. It's the five year anniversary (in my time zone) and they're at Part 5 Volume 10 (Part 3) pre-pub wise, Part 5 Volume 8 eBook wise, and Part 5 Volume 2 physically. This time let’s look at two somewhat comparable light novel releases by Seven Seas and Yen Press (do keep in mind though that J-NC’s workflow is very different).

For Seven Seas we'll look at Mushoku Tensei. The light novel license was announced on 2018-07-08 but more importantly for the comparison they released volume 1 physically on 2019-05-21 (J-Novel Club released Part 1 Volume 1 digitally on 2019-05-20 and physically on 2019-09-03) and released volume 26 (Final) physically just this week (which would correspond to Part 5 Volume 5). If you're interested in the eBook release dates subtract about a month and a half.

For Yen Press we'll look at Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town. The light novel license was announced on 2019-03-29 and they're currently at volume 14 with volume 15 (Final) scheduled for 2024-07-23 (which would correspond to Part 4 Volume 2 and Part 4 Volume 3 respectively).

Note: Quof apparently began translating the light novel on 2019-01-27.

It's the six year anniversary (in my time zone) of J-Novel Club announcing the light novel license and they're at Hannlore's Fifth Year at the Royal Academy Volume 1 (Part 8) pre-pub wise, Part 5 Volume 12 eBook wise, and Part 5 Volume 8 physically. This time let’s look at where the Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese releases were six years after they released Part 1 Volume 1 (since these were the only languages that came out before the English release and I'm not going to search for their announcement dates).

Japanese: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on 2015-01-25 so its six year anniversary was 2021-01-25 at which point they had released Part 5 Volume 4 (2020-12-10), Fanbook 5 (2020-11-10), Short Story Collection 1 (2019-10-10), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2018-10-10).

Korean: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on 2016-08-11 so its six year anniversary was 2022-08-11 at which point they had released Part 5 Volume 2 (2022-07-08) and Fanbook 1 (2017-11-07)

Traditional Chinese: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on 2017-08-07 so its six year anniversary was 2023-08-07 at which point they had released Short Story Collection 2 (2023-07-31), Part 5 Volume 7 (2023-05-05), Fanbook 6 (2023-02-13), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2020-08-17).

English: They released Part Volume 1 on 2019-05-20 so its six year anniversary will be 2025-05-20 at which point they will have released Short Story Collection 2 (2025-01-22), Part 5 Volume 12 (2024-09-04), Fanbook 5 (2024-11-11), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2022-07-26).

Volume 19.
Whole roast giba.

Many years ago there was an SCA event I attended, an annual event, where they cooked a whole boar over an open pit fire as something for all attendees to partake of.
I was never involved with that aspect of things other than eating, so all I know is that it cooked for a real long time on a rotating spit, that getting it evenly done throughout did require clueful folks monitoring the entire process.

The last time I attended that event would have been in 1995?
Something like that.
My memory of what it tasted like is...non-existent.
The event no longer occurs.
It had a good long run, some 10+ years.

@vorduran Took too long to figure out how to reach a person, but he was eventually able to push it through (finally). I still think their system is broken if that is literally the only way to access updated files instead of it happening automatically.

This is an issue on Amazon's side, and JNC can't resolve it. You should contact them to get the right file, which you did. The store you buy something is who you need to contact if there's an issue with your purchase; if they need anything from us, they will contact us. And if they can't help you, you should absolutely request a refund.

Also, I would like to remind everyone that if you buy directly from our website, you get the premium bonus content, and you can also load your books onto any device you want without restriction, including your Kindle!

The Manga version serialization started with the 5 first chapters: https://to-corona-ex.com/comics/194249653813416

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@schuburner Little update. I made a mistake. Volume 2 (although the resolution seems lower compared to volumes 1 and 3) and 3 are fine, too. Only 4 to 8 are affected.

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

『公女殿下の家庭教師』と『双星の天剣使い』はつながっているのでしょうか？もしかしたら、いつか出会うことがあるかもしれません。
→『双星』は『辺境』のＩＦ線の一つです。あの世界で、東の大樹は折られなかったのでしょう。
Basically, 'Heavenly Swords' is a WHAT-IF to an event taking place in 'Frontier City' which itself is a prequel to 'Private Tutor'.
Frontier City -> TS -> Private Tutor,
is how it goes.

The standard response is here.

Volume 5 has been released in Japan, 9/25/2024.
That's after JNC did the initial license negotiations, so it'll be a newish discussion with Overlap (the Japanese publisher.)
JNC is very good about keeping a series going, but they very rarely say anything prior to announcing that pre-publication posting will commence.

I am from the future. I still need a translation of this :')

This series better enjoyed with few spoilers as possible, but it difficult to say what I liked about this series without them.

Here are some comments about this series (based on my 2 readings of the WebNovel version with MTL, informations I found Twitter/X and the series product page), if you do not care about spoilers:

I want to see this series Licensed by J-Novel Club because:

This is a series that information that is given is very important to better understand the story, J-Novel Club has the best english translations;

J-Novel Club is the unique publisher that I know to license bonus short stories. (This series short stories feel like they compliment the main story and characters, based on their titles and synopsis)

The LN version add more content to the story. (On Vol 3 preview on the Overlap Store is possible to see one new scene that is not available on the WebNovel version)