Where to buy light novels?

OldGreg · Post by **OldGreg** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:21 pm

Anywhere cheaper than Amazon Japan (the shipping would kill my wallet lol) to buy light novels?
Thanks!

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:03 am

Do you want them in English or Japanese?

Post by **EusthEnoptEron** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:29 am

Off the top of my head I can recommend bk1 and YesAsia. The former offers, aside from the vast product range, a variety of shipment types (some of which are quite cheap though uninsured), while the latter doesn't offer as many novels and is more expensive, but ships for free if you buy for more than 30$ or so.

Lately, I've only used bk1 and I'm quite satisfied with it. I think it should be slightly cheaper than Amazon, depending on what you order.

There are some other import shops out there (e.g. such that mainly sell mangas), but all I've seen so far didn't have a wide range of light novels to offer.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:48 am

Do you know if bk or YesAsia services are cheap in NA?

Post by **kuroi_shinigami** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:17 am

If you live at southeast Asia, kinokuniya should be good for ordering your light novels if you only buy a few. It took a long time for the order to arrive since we have to wait for their stock order to arrive along with our orders, but the extra shipping cost is very cheap and there's no risk of you losing your item because you only pay after your order arrives.

Not sure if the kinokuniya bookstore in USA also receives order of light novel and mangas or not though.

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:31 pm

kira0802 wrote:Do you know if bk or YesAsia services are cheap in NA?

The problem with those sites is that while you do not pay too harshly for shipping, you do pay a premium for them being from overseas.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:12 am

NO thanks then. I would rather take them from the net.

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:20 am

You are taking them from the net either way. It is just how you do it.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:29 pm

ainsoph9 wrote:You are taking them from the net either way. It is just how you do it.

How can you guess that?

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:01 pm

Unless you have a shop in town that sells that kind of stuff or have a friend in Japan, in all likelihood you are ordering it from the internet.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:07 am

ainsoph9 wrote:Unless you have a shop in town that sells that kind of stuff or have a friend in Japan, in all likelihood you are ordering it from the internet.

There is an Otakuthon every year though. But no Chinese novels. In fact, it's hard to find a plain LN anyways.

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:27 pm

Yeah, so you are still stuck with the internet.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:40 am

ainsoph9 wrote:Yeah, so you are still stuck with the internet.

Though I can't command online, so I have to search for fan-translations.

Post by **Poke2201** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:28 pm

I wish we could get a digital distribution....

Post by **Doraneko** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:43 pm

Poke2201 wrote:I wish we could get a digital distribution....

Legit channels for acquiring light novels / manga in digital form do exist.
http://blog.bookwalker.jp/

Not that I am interested in reading on the reflective screens of ipad/iphone/android anyway...

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