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Given that the community is growing, I was thinking of making our own English versions of 文庫総合スレ to even further increase awareness.

larethian wrote:Given that the community is growing, I was thinking of making our own English versions of 文庫総合スレ to even further increase awareness.

How would that be like? We get a copy of it and translate it completely? Or do you mean making a magazine of translations or original stories that is available on B-T? Either way, it requires a lot of time and effort for timely releases, won't be easy. Need at least a dozen people to work together don't you think?

ShadowZeroHeart wrote:

larethian wrote:Given that the community is growing, I was thinking of making our own English versions of 文庫総合スレ to even further increase awareness.

How would that be like? We get a copy of it and translate it completely? Or do you mean making a magazine of translations or original stories that is available on B-T? Either way, it requires a lot of time and effort for timely releases, won't be easy. Need at least a dozen people to work together don't you think?

It's not translations. It's just consolidating of the news with regards to the various publishers, like novel releases for the month, new series, new winners of their various awards, new adaptations, rankings, sales figures etc. etc.. One thread for one publisher.

that would be nice if there's people who're willing and have the resources available to make this work.

Just curious, how much info is there generally? Say if it's a weekly post? Just wondering whether it could fit in a single thread instead of it being a thread per publisher.

It will be more sensible to organize it by publisher for adhoc posting. There's no need to update it weekly. Anyone who can read Japanese to a certain degree can rip the info off 2ch whenever they want to and do minimalistic translation of the data:
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1323308915/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1321453151/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1323047832/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1322876538/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1321750634/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1322831472/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1319525124/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1316489497/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1319606557/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1319895317/
http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1320152633/

(note that the threads will be archived shortly after it hits a thousand posts)
use this to get to the new threads:
http://kamome.2ch.net/magazin/

larethian wrote:It will be more sensible to organize it by publisher for adhoc posting. There's no need to update it weekly. Anyone who can read Japanese to a certain degree can rip the info off 2ch whenever they want to and do minimalistic translation of the data:

It could be a good idea. The only problem is that there may be not enough discussions to sustain all the threads and most of them will sink to nowhere. After all, I bet most of the B-T readers can't tell which publisher label their favourite series belong to. The only few who will be participating in those threads are likely the JE translators here.

Maybe there can be a dedicated forum for holding these discussion threads so that they don't disappear from page 1 after a month. But it would be difficult to persuade the Big Boss or other admins to go through the trouble of setting up a dedicated forum for deserted threads.

I kinda follow you discussion but do not follow it...basically, it's about news-ing magazines???

Light Novel Sasami-san@Ganbaranai to get an anime adaption

Here's the PV for it that isn't IP restricted: http://www.nicozon.net/watch/so14749497

Kira0802 wrote:I kinda follow you discussion but do not follow it...basically, it's about news-ing magazines???

Heh, I don't understand what you mean by "news-ing magazines"??
It's just news updates on light novels. Anyway what Doraneko said has a point. And since I have a few things to clear from my plate right now so that I can enjoy my holiday peacefully, I'll let this idea sit in the backlog for a while.

You mean ANN LN version?

Kira0802 wrote:You mean ANN LN version?

No. English versions of the respective 2ch threads on the Light Novel publishers.

For LN releases, we might as well just use this website for more information, and I trust any official website over an imageboard.

http://ranobe-mori.net/

Awesome, the main page didn't have it but with random guessing managed to find the feed.
http://ranobe-mori.net/rss for those who like to use feed-based readers (like I do)

1. Index NT v3 (89k) (less than 1 week) [Dengeki BK]
3. Mahouka v4 (38k) (less than 1 week) [Dengeki BK]
5. Biblia Koshodou v1 (28k) (since March 2011) [Media Works]
6. Accel World v10 (27k) (less than 1 week) [Dengeki BK]
7. Biblia Koshodou v2 (21k) (since October 2011) [Media Works]
10. Horizon v4 part 3 (18k) (less than 1 week) [Dengeki BK]
20. Gemu Sensou v2 (9k) (less than 1 week) [Dengeki BK]
23. C3 v13 (9k) (less than 1 week) [Dengeki BK]

For those who value solid storytelling and appreciate good Japanese writing in their light novels, look no further than the 2011 SF ranking by おすすめ文庫王国2012. Light novels in non-light novels rankings are reviewed by external critics and and are mostly well-written stuff enjoyable by even the non-otaku reading public.

1位「ねじまき少女（上・下）」　　　 パオロ・バチガルピ　 ハヤカワ文庫SF
2位「プランク・ダイブ」　　　　　　 グレッグ・イーガン　 ハヤカワ文庫SF
3位「なまづま」　　　　　　　　　　 堀井拓馬　 2011.10 角川ホラー文庫
4位「スティーブ・フィーバー　ポストヒューマンＳＦ傑作選 」 ハヤカワ文庫SF
5位「荒れ野の楽園　円環少女 13 」 長谷敏司 2011.2 スニーカー文庫
6位「約束の方舟（上・下）」　　　　 瀬尾つかさ 2011.7 ハヤカワ文庫JA
7位「アバタールチューナー　全5巻 」五代ゆう　 ～2011.10 ハヤカワ文庫JA
8位「希望」　　　　　　　　　　　　 瀬名秀明　 2011.7 ハヤカワ文庫JA
9位「天国と地獄」　　　　　　　　 　小林泰三　 2011.4 ハヤカワ文庫JA
10位「クロノリス－時の碑－」 ロバート・C・ウィルスン　 創元ＳＦ文庫

5th: Circlet Girl (also ranked 4th in Konorano 2011)


6th: The Ark of the Sky (also ranked 35th in Konorano 2011)


7th: Avatar Tuner


If you are a serious reader you probably have heard of or even finished reading ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖, given its mainstream exposure. The book also got the 1st place in the 2011 overall novel ranking by おすすめ文庫王国2012.