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      Swiftnissity Premium Member
      last edited by Swiftnissity

      Kindle release for An Archdemon's Dilemma volume 10 seems to be down when I check via Amazon US on Chrome incognito mode.

      Series page:
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      Physical is still listed.
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      Also Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! volumes 1-2
      Series page:
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      Not sure if this is part of the drastic action Sam mentioned a couple of days ago.

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      • TerabyteT
        Terabyte
        last edited by Terabyte

        From your screenshot of the physical entry it looks like Elf Bride series has the wrong title on Amazon. It still contains the word Slave which was removed almost immediately from volume 1 prepubs...

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          Swiftnissity Premium Member @Terabyte
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          @Terabyte said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:

          From your screenshot of the physical entry it looks like Elf Bride series has the wrong title on Amazon. It still contains the word Slave which was removed almost immediately from volume 1 prepubs...

          It looks like the 'series' for the physical entries still has the old title with slave in the name on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B07HFFQKH1/

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          While the 'series' for the kindle release uses the corrected name: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HJY59JX

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            Apairon
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            Hello im new hear and just been keeping tabs on this issue. I just wanted to know if we can get a list of series that has been d listed from amazon and what this means going forword for those of us on kindle. I have very limited funds and sadly can not afford to pay a jnovel membership once a month to be able to buy books directly from jnovel. I allso have no idea how to sideload these books to my kindle ereader. My pc is ancient and has trouble doing the most random of tasks so i dont know if sideloading is even a option for me. Sorry for the long post i just have alot of built up concern over this as im kinda stuck in kindles ecosystem at this point

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              Korppi Premium Member @Swiftnissity
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              @Swiftnissity @Terabyte
              Well, its seems the page for Archdemon volume 10 has disappeared completely, just in case it was because of region I checked amazon US in incognito and the only thing now the amazon page for it says is 'Sorry, we couldn't find that page', and the series listing on amazon is only volumes 1 to 9, while google cache still shows 1 to 10.

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              • saskirS
                saskir Premium Member @LegitPancake
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                @LegitPancake said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:

                Lazy Dungeon Master has also been nuked on amazon.

                You can still preorder 12.

                @Liber-Monstrorum said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:

                If this goes on, there will be no manga and light novel available at all on amazon worldwide and for many there is no other choice than this site to get their hands on english releases... I was looking forward to the english release of a korean romance novel next year, but if it's like this, it probably will get banned because ''a stepmother adores her stepchild'' (if I even can't get a physical copy anymore, then...)... Just where should I buy english light novels in the future?!
                Well, I probably shouldn’t lose hope so fast. It’s not like Germany is the same as the United States or Australia.

                Yeah we are alright with tits (and I don't mean the bird) but not with gore. But we had on amazon.de one LDM Volume which was nuked exxcluseively in germany.

                Hmmm, drastic measures @Sam-Pinansky ... doesn't sound nice. Knowing you we will hear the details later on.

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                • SomeOldGuyS
                  SomeOldGuy Premium Member
                  last edited by

                  The first post should be updated with the current available/not available status. Things have changed since 7/22.

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                  • LottelieseL
                    Lotteliese
                    last edited by Lotteliese

                    @saskir The German Kindle version of High school DxD Manga plus the Asia Spin-off were removed as well from Amazon DE but It's likely done by Amazon US as well and they might've purged it in other regions as well. Like with NGNL Disc-versions of the Anime of DXD are unaffected by the takedowns.

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                    • LegitPancakeL
                      LegitPancake Premium Member
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                      All of Arifureta is now gone from kindle (even reuploads), paperbacks still fine.

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                        Apairon
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                        I had a thought. Dont know if this come up but the titles that i have read that have been taken down all habe some form of slavery in them. Considering the start time of the take downs and all the BS in america right now. I think that has somthing to donwith it

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                        • BartzBBB
                          BartzBB Premium Member @myskaros
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                          • For books that have been affected by the Amazon situation, we are converting them all to "color images in the back" before reuploading.
                          • For series that are longer than ~6 volumes, we're making a separate "Amazon version" with the color images in the back. Buying it on Kindle will have color images in the back, but premium/other webstores will be in the front.
                          • For all ongoing, unaffected series, color images will remain in the front for the rest of the series.
                          • For new series that haven't had volume 1 release yet and all future new series, color images will now be in the back instead.

                          I'm just wondering what will happen to these new rules since it seems that the series that were de-listed and re-uploaded following the new rules were also removed.
                          In fact the situation just got worse and whole series are being removed already and not specific volumes.
                          Heck, some regions even have the physical books being removed.

                          JNC LN Ranking:
                          1st - Rokujouma
                          2nd - Realist Hero
                          3rd - Bookworm

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                            Apairon
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                            Now that vol 13 of how not to summonnis starting to show up prepub. Can i asume it will not be released on kindle? If that is the case will the only way i can get vol 13 and continue reading is with a premium membership? Can we please get a list of effected titles so i can plan for this? Im low income and can not afford to buy a premium memebership when just 1 book i read is released in the month im active. I would need to get several titles while its going and use caliber all in one go as i dont have a pc i can run it on. Any information will be welcome. And ty for alk your work bringing us these LN!

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                            • TerrenceT
                              Terrence Premium Member
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                              I don't think other storefronts have been affected? Like Kobo, Nook, Google Play or Bookwalker (I think they're at all of those).

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                              • LegitPancakeL
                                LegitPancake Premium Member @Apairon
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                                @Apairon As Terrance said Kindle is not the only ebook store. Kobo, Bookwalker, and all the others are unaffected.

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                                  Apairon @LegitPancake
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                                  @LegitPancake i have a kindle device i read from i would still have to buy the book on another store and convert to kindles format. Iv never done this before and do not have easy access to a pc to do this from. Im realy hoping for some more information like a official list of effected titles like is welcome to japan ms elf now one of the titles? If i end up having to try and use caliber to side load onto my kindle oasis i would rather buy as many titles as i can with a JNC premium memebership to save on costs and the time and effort it would take me to do this. Sadly my finacial situation does not allow me much freedom. I usualy have to plan out what books i can aford and most want each month. If i must buy direct from JNC i would need to plan this out way in advance to get as many effected titles as possible.

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                                    jpwong Premium Member @Apairon
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                                    @Apairon The opening post indicates last updated July 22, so that's what it looked like at that point, perhaps myskaros will update it based on any new statuses that have occurred since then at some point. Based on what I can see on amazon right now, Elf 1 and 2 are gone but 3 and 4 are still available for kindle purchase.

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                                      Apairon @jpwong
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                                      @jpwong one of the translaters made a post saying effected titles will be delisted from amazon. This was not to long ago so the july 22nd post is out of date. Tje fact that vol 1 and 2 are down could mean that when they translate vol 5 it will not get posted on kindle and i would need to try and side load the book onto my kindle when JNC releases it. Ever since that post iv been waiting on JNC to update the first post with more information. Atleast a list of titles that will no longer be released on kindle and if there will ever be hope of the titles returning to kindle or if sideloading is my only option going forword.

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                                      • jpwongJ
                                        jpwong Premium Member @Apairon
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                                        @Apairon The only additional update like that I can see is the one a couple of pages back where Sam indicated that they had to take drastic action (no elaboration) and that certain series have been completely delisted from amazon. Given that post was a week ago, I can't imagine that any series that are still up in part are any of the affected ones.

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                                          Apairon @jpwong
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                                          @jpwong thats why i am asking for more detailed information like a list of titles. When i get on my kindle and search how not to summon a demon lord the first 8 books are shown to be available and yet i would say its one of the primary titles to be removed. Im worried that the drastic measures is just one way to say we throw in the towel and any series to get taken down will stay down and that new entrys in the series will not be added to kindle. I realy hope this is not the case as if this is some mom group abusing the system i would hate to think they won.

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                                          • myskarosM
                                            myskaros Staff
                                            last edited by myskaros

                                            We're sorry there's been no new information. As Sam mentioned a week ago, the situation changed drastically around then, and we are still navigating it. Unfortunately, we cannot reveal anything publicly right now as we're still trying to figure things out, but we will post news once we can.

                                            Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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