Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License
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And The translator is the guy who couldn't keep track of the terminology in Danmachi. Also made questionable translation choices. :man_facepalming_tone1:
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@hakomari said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
I am not too fond of Bookwalker. Bad editing, awful typesetting and a god damn unbreakable DRM.
I'm not a huge fan of their service because it's the one that I can't get text to speech to work on, no matter what I try.
...but I want more light novel titles. xC
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If Bookwalker is so questionable, I think bothering other translation companies might be better. We are kind of at a point where English LNs can feasibly go to a decent number of companies, so there's no need to grovel at the feet of a less reputable one and tie up a license if you think it won't turn out so great.
Have One Peace Books or Cross Infinite World been looking for license feedback? What about Dark Horse? Are there any crowdfunding projects looking at light novels?
Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
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I just don't like their client, myself.
But, questionable as it is, it's owned by Kadokawa, and is another chance for certain light novels that Yen hasn't licensed.
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Also they are only exclusive to bookwalker for six months so any title they do will come to other formats before long, so it’s still worth voting. There’s still waaaaaay more untranslated LNs than translated ones.
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@myskaros said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
Are there any crowdfunding projects looking at light novels?
There should be. T.T
I requested a Kadokawa one, Sakurako-san. Are those the difficult licensor? Figure it's better to pick something that seems impossible / has been passed over for too long by other pubs.
@dtta said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
I just don't like their client, myself.
But, questionable as it is, it's owned by Kadokawa, and is another chance for certain light novels that Yen hasn't licensed.
Ah, yes, maybe there's a chance for Sakurako-san!
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I read that the Baker & Automaton translation couldn't even get the names straight in the first version they rolled out, not to mention being riddled with various other issues.
Anyway, I'd say it's worthwhile to request things if only because as @dtta mentioned, they can perhaps get some Kadokawa stuff more easily than some others.
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I'm gonna go request some more books there (and on Seven Seas when they update their request section this month). Gotta start making my lists again. xC
Only I Am Not Attacked In A World Overflowing With Zombies
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun
Classroom of the Elite
Gamers
Fairytale Chronicle
World Teacher
Around 40 Kenja No Isekai Seikatsu Nikkai
Shin Sekai No Yori
Sakurako-san Investigation
Subete Ga no F
ShikiGotta go through this Top 10 in Japan playlist set again to grab a few more (there was one about invention builders in a fantasy world?).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxAMc--4Z3bAvn_1QGKDHctIwE3LYlmxx
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@terrence said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
I'm gonna go request some more books there (and on Seven Seas when they update their request section this month). Gotta start making my lists again. xC
Only I Am Not Attacked In A World Overflowing With Zombies
I highly doubt anyone's gonna touch that with a license because of some of the content. Even Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia would have a bigger chance of license and that one's gone bonkers enough...
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@korppi said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
@terrence said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
I'm gonna go request some more books there (and on Seven Seas when they update their request section this month). Gotta start making my lists again. xC
Only I Am Not Attacked In A World Overflowing With Zombies
I highly doubt anyone's gonna touch that with a license because of some of the content. Even Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia would have a bigger chance of license and that one's gone bonkers enough...
Is the LN version that bad content wise? (heard the WN went down a risque route).
I'm looking for something dramatic with some more dire consequences for the supporting cast. Outside of Grimgar, seems like we got mostly happy-go-lucky romance or battle shounen.
Suppose I should add Alderamin of the Sky since that is a good wartime one we don't have yet.
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@terrence I've only read some of the wn, so yes, it's possible the light novel version is toned down. No idea.
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Any news if Class room of the elite was licensed?
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@hyferzftw said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
Any news if Class room of the elite was licensed?
Not that I’ve heard, but I just added it to ANN after discovering it was the only one of the 2017 best sellers not to have an entry - although not all of the others have been licensed yet either (Eromanga Sensei and Akashic Bastard being the other two exception, and all from Kadokawa it its subsidiaries).
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@shiroi-hane the infamous Kadokawa is probably the reason lol...
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@lazyproblems Owing that one on Bookwalker, it is (present tense) a mess. It certainly was not copy edited, and very much inconsistent. They picked a good story though.
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Bookwalker is taking feedback submissions about their app.
https://twitter.com/BOOKWALKER_GL/status/980636521232457728?s=20
I just threw out the usual (I want Text to Speech and maybe Google Translate) and the simple things they already had a poll on (vertically and horizontally scrolling novels).
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Bookwalker is teasing:
1 week left until we make our big announcements for @AnimeExpo 2018! Who's excited?!
https://twitter.com/BOOKWALKER_GL/status/997174916381380608?s=20
They write some books that are available on our store
https://twitter.com/BOOKWALKER_GL/status/997274046118051841?s=20
Come back to check next week for some more terribly vague hints!
https://twitter.com/BOOKWALKER_GL/status/997287246284771328?s=20
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@terrence said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
@hakomari said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
I am not too fond of Bookwalker. Bad editing, awful typesetting and a god damn unbreakable DRM.
I'm not a huge fan of their service because it's the one that I can't get text to speech to work on, no matter what I try.
...but I want more light novel titles. xC
What do they release in? I can get TTS as long as it's an Amazon book (via my Fire 7) or Google Books.
(Obviously I prefer the no DRM epub, but that seems to be the premium exception here rather than the rule)
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@fozzedout said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
What do they release in? I can get TTS as long as it's an Amazon book (via my Fire 7) or Google Books.
Bookwalker has their own app (and you can read the books on their site too). So it's basically it's own DRM.
You can probably do some screen cap stuff to move the text into an app that'll read it TTS, but that's a bit of an inconvenience. Me and another dude floated the idea of adding TTS support out there, and they seemed receptive, but maybe it's not easy / cheap.
So Fire 7 does TTS in Kindle (just a button click?)? That'd be really convenient. My Android doesn't.
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@terrence said in Bookwalker Looking for Their Next Light Novel License:
So Fire 7 does TTS in Kindle (just a button click?)? That'd be really convenient. My Android doesn't.
Yep, all the Fire tablets do it - it's why I bought a Fire 7 on the cheap, just for that facility (allowing TTS on Kindle books for £35? No brainer!), but I have been pleasantly surprised at how good the Fire tablets are - even the under powered ones.
I've since moved all my reading platforms to that (Moon+ Reader Pro, Google Play Book & Kindle) so I can have TTS wherever I am.
It's a shame the 6" Fire isn't still around as it would fit in the pocket much more easily.
