# Book Providers Megathread (Official Management) **URL:** \ **Category:** Natively\ **Created:** [August 11, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674 "2023-08-11T13:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Megumin](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/megumin/32/1227_2.png) [@Megumin](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Megumin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/21 "2023-08-12T11:39:32Z")
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**Author:** ![brandon](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/brandon/32/24147_2.png) [@brandon](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/22 "2023-08-12T11:56:44Z")
Sorry, are these affiliate programs? Or just book providers that you like? ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/23 "2023-08-12T13:20:06Z")
> [@brandon](#): > > Oh wow, this affiliate program looks great! I think CDJapan just became a _preferred_ provider 😂 If you can set up their affiliate program by the 27th of this month (not sure how long it takes to do something like that), tag me; I just found out I’ve got points I need to use anyway, so I can try to make sure some of that book money goes to you. ---
**Author:** ![Megumin](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/megumin/32/1227_2.png) [@Megumin](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Megumin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/24 "2023-08-12T14:50:47Z")
> [@brandon](#): > > Sorry, are these affiliate programs? Or just book providers that you like? Those are just book providers. Sadly, most of the providers in Japan their affiliate is for your own point usage. Having said that, another one I haven’t used in ages, and they have an associate program too: [https://www.yesasia.com/global/en/associate.html](https://www.yesasia.com/global/en/associate.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biblio](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/biblio/32/81_2.png) [@Biblio](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Biblio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/25 "2023-08-13T07:57:32Z")
Since no one has done Kindle yet, I might as well. Amazon Kindle JP is the Japanese branch of the Amazon ebook shop with a very large - and constantly growing - catalog of books. Aside from buying individual books, there is also Kindle Unlimited (an all-you-can-read flat fee) available. Included books change regularly. - Address: Local address required. No verification process. - Payment: in Yen; some non-Japanese credit cards work, but not all; gift cards avaible - international IP address: often causes issues - Access: Physical Amazon Kindle e-reader or app for mobile devices and PC or read in browser (proprietary e-book file format) - Notes: Regular sales and a point system are offered. The physical Kindle e-reader includes dictionary look-up functionality. - Recommendation: Bookwalker usually has the better deals and doesn’t have any issues with international IP addresses. I purposefully do not mention de-drm possibilities, because - while it’s not illegal - it’s probably not something you want on your page. 🙂 Basically, if you include de-drm amazon wins the ebook game. But just looking at prices and ease-of-use (i.e. no VPN required) bookwalker is the way to go, imo. ---
**Author:** ![brandon](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/brandon/32/24147_2.png) [@brandon](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/26 "2023-08-13T08:07:36Z")
Excellent, thank you!! Added 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biblio](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/biblio/32/81_2.png) [@Biblio](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Biblio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/27 "2023-08-13T08:20:27Z")
![image](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/2/23d2bf0768f9abe3a88b1553d1cbff6dfdb8917b.png) Shouldn’t this also include Kindle, audible JP and bookwalker? because of their 聞き放題/読み放題 offerings? And since you have aozora on there, you could also include their 朗読 branch: [https://aozoraroudoku.jp](https://aozoraroudoku.jp) Free audiobooks. 🙂 Last but not least, the aozora link seems broken: ![image](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/a89c93600a0bb5e1b92cd35fa6b7e6ae013fc8a4.png) (it’s missing the www [https://www.aozora.gr.jp](https://www.aozora.gr.jp)) ---
**Author:** ![Megumin](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/megumin/32/1227_2.png) [@Megumin](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Megumin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/28 "2023-08-13T09:59:08Z")
I have to add to the Kindle thing, DO NOT add an international phone number to your billing address, or they will use it to lock you out. > [@Biblio](#): > > (it’s missing the www [https://www.aozora.gr.jp](https://www.aozora.gr.jp)) Gotta love Japanese and their www mania. While cdjapan.co.jp works without www, neowing.co.jp (The JP Version) doesn’t 😅 ---
**Author:** ![brandon](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/brandon/32/24147_2.png) [@brandon](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/29 "2023-08-13T10:19:35Z")
> [@Biblio](#): > > Shouldn’t this also include Kindle, audible JP and bookwalker? because of their 聞き放題/読み放題 offerings? So, i think this gets a bit complicated. Is there any content that is subscription only? I think as long as you’re able to purchase stand-alone, then it should be listed as purchase. The main issue I was concerned about was subscription-only services as some people might not like that. Does that make sense? We could always say in the description that there’s a subscription offering & what the pros are for that. > [@Biblio](#): > > And since you have aozora on there, you could also include their 朗読 branch: [https://aozoraroudoku.jp](https://aozoraroudoku.jp) > Free audiobooks. 🙂 Oh really?? Will add… although it won’t appear until someone adds a link on a particular book. > [@Biblio](#): > > (it’s missing the www [https://www.aozora.gr.jp](https://www.aozora.gr.jp)) > [@Megumin](#): > > Gotta love Japanese and their www mania. Oh no, I never realized 😅 > [@Megumin](#): > > I have to add to the Kindle thing, DO NOT add an international phone number to your billing address, or they will use it to lock you out. Ah, duly noted! Updated. ---
**Author:** ![Biblio](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/biblio/32/81_2.png) [@Biblio](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Biblio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/30 "2023-08-13T10:39:41Z")
> [@brandon](#): > > subscription-only services ah, I see. I misunderstood the filter. maybe you could call it “subscription-only” or something? But maybe I am the only one who thought it meant “service that offers a subscription” 🤔 > [@brandon](#): > > Oh really?? Will add… although it won’t appear until someone adds a link on a particular book. I added a link to [一人の芭蕉の問題 | L39](https://learnnatively.com/book/8f55eea6ec/) 😃 I wish I had better IT knowledge and could write a script that checks all aozora books on natively against the roudoku database. 🙈 ---
**Author:** ![brandon](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/brandon/32/24147_2.png) [@brandon](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/31 "2023-08-13T11:03:48Z")
> [@Biblio](#): > > I wish I had better IT knowledge and could write a script that checks all aozora books on natively against the roudoku database. 🙈 This should really be me… I have a whole automated system now which is constantly checking new books against certain providers which I’ve written a function for. Eventually I’ll get around to aozora. Although it is a little tricky because I can’t just use a simple ISBN check 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Biblio](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/biblio/32/81_2.png) [@Biblio](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Biblio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/32 "2023-08-13T11:48:32Z")
> [@brandon](#): > > I have a whole automated system now which is constantly checking new books against certain providers which I’ve written a function for. ![Wow Sticker - Wow Stickers](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/e/e25e8300f10c352df9679f1e61ed8c0d182777da.gif) ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/33 "2023-08-13T12:42:59Z")
> [@Biblio](#): > > international IP address: often causes issues I think this is overstating the problem quite a bit. I’d say _rarely_ causes issues. > [@Biblio](#): > > But just looking at prices and ease-of-use (i.e. no VPN required) bookwalker is the way to go, imo I think it depends on how important an ereader is to the individual. I think it’s possible to get a general purpose Android-based ereader that can render books from the Bookwalker app, but that’s probably significantly more complicated technically than using a Kindle and dealing with a VPN once a year. For people happy to read on their phone or normal Android tablet or iPad, I agree that Bookwalker is likely much easier. ---
**Author:** ![brandon](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/brandon/32/24147_2.png) [@brandon](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/brandon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/34 "2023-08-13T14:07:57Z")
> [@seanblue](#): > > I think this is overstating the problem quite a bit. I’d say _rarely_ causes issues. I split the difference and said ‘sometimes’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shablul](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shablul/32/2226_2.png) [@shablul](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shablul)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/35 "2023-08-13T15:41:05Z")
I remembered another book provider but except for the free content I never bought from it so I don’t know details like I did with CMOA > **[となりのヤングジャンプ](https://tonarinoyj.jp/)** > > ヤングジャンプ編集部が運営する無料Webマンガサイト、となりのヤングジャンプ。編集部が厳選したオリジナル漫画が楽しめます。オリジナル漫画だけでなく、ヤンジャン作品の試し読みも公開中です。 IMPORTANT EDIT: THERE WAS AN OFFLINE READING BUTTON, it downloads whatever chapter you’re reading to the browser cache edit 2: found the app for this on the androind when I entered the Japanese store with a Japan account I found an app called ヤンジャン There is also technically free webtoons to read in different languages through [https://translate.webtoons.com/](https://translate.webtoons.com/) ---
**Author:** ![pm215](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/pm215/32/1320_2.png) [@pm215](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/pm215)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/36 "2023-08-13T15:48:35Z")
@brandon There’s a typo in the entry for Aozora Roudoku – in the body text for it it has Aozora Roudo **u** ku with a stray extra ‘u’. ---
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Does anybody have experience with honto.jp for ebooks and want to write up the entry? My experience is only with buying print books, for which the answer is “don’t use them unless you’re in Japan, because they only do international shipping via buyee now, and you’ll end up paying both Japanese and your local sales tax”. Which is worth noting but probably works better as an addendum to a summary of what you can use them for. I could write up an entry for kinokuniya.co.jp, but given that their web UI is strictly Japanese only and there’s enough oddities to their setup to make it a bit hard to recommend, I’m not sure it’s worthwhile? ---
**Author:** ![shablul](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shablul/32/2226_2.png) [@shablul](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shablul)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/38 "2023-08-13T16:20:44Z")
frankly I think any site is good for recommendation bookwalker (the Japanese site since the global site only sells merchandise in English), aozora, cmoa and more are also only in Japanese, they’re not built for “learners”, they’re targeted towards Japanese audience only ---
**Author:** ![Megumin](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/megumin/32/1227_2.png) [@Megumin](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Megumin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674/39 "2023-08-13T16:29:27Z")
In the Book Providers, for the digital platforms I’d love to have incorporated what kind of DRM they use. E.G. Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle, MobiPocket, etc… ---
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> [@shablul](#): > > bookwalker (the Japanese site since the global site only sells merchandise in English), aozora, cmoa and more are also only in Japanese Ah, right. That suggests that it would probably be helpful for each entry to record whether the site has an English UI (maybe distinguish “English by default” and “can select English somewhere in a menu”?) and have that as a search filter criterion – I can imagine that many Natively users won’t yet be at a level with the language to be comfortable ordering from a purely-Japanese-language website. [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/book-providers-megathread-official-management/4674.md?page=3)