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larethian wrote:doraneko, HK is closer than Jpn so shipping is cheaper.
for SG, the inflated price is ~300 yen more. but it's still cheaper than all the shipping options I can find, by a few dollars at least. plus all the LNs I want come by air 3 days after release date in Japan. only some of the manga come by sea dammit.

300+ yen delivery cost still sounds quite a lot even for Singapore.

For SAL delivery to Singapore (available in bk1 and a number of Japanese vendors) the cost is 160-240 yen per book. It usually takes around one to two weeks for the parcel to reach your home.

The cost is even cheaper (130-200 yen per book) if you choose shipping by sea.

On top of that you also get better deals if you buy in batches.

it's actually about 270-280 yen, I rounded it. but ugh, 1 to 2 weeks is too long, why wait for my favourites when I can get it in 3 days and finish it in another 3 days.

larethian wrote:it's actually about 270-280 yen, I rounded it. but ugh, 1 to 2 weeks is too long, why wait for my favourites when I can get it in 3 days and finish it in another 3 days.

Hope that 150 yens won't make you go bankrupt.

HOw much novels have you piled up now?

kira0802 wrote:

larethian wrote:it's actually about 270-280 yen, I rounded it. but ugh, 1 to 2 weeks is too long, why wait for my favourites when I can get it in 3 days and finish it in another 3 days.

Hope that 150 yens won't make you go bankrupt.

HOw much novels have you piled up now?

Is not that bad...assuming you spend at most 150 bucks on LNs a month...you still have more than enough of your income left. For me anyway. And I earn shit as a conscript.

I have so many piled up that my family threatens to burn/destroy the "useless Jap trash" much to my insane rage.

Do you sell your novels after reading them?

kira0802 wrote:Do you sell your novels after reading them?

Never. I never delete my games, anime nor do I ever sell my stuff.

You'll have to go through me first if you want to hurt them...

Cosmic Eagle wrote:You'll have to go through me first if you want to hurt them...

LOL, I wouldn't try.

And do your light novels fill up your bedroom?

Cosmic Eagle wrote:

kira0802 wrote:Do you sell your novels after reading them?

Never. I never delete my games, anime nor do I ever sell my stuff.

You'll have to go through me first if you want to hurt them...

Sure you cannot spare a copy? You do not have like 5 copies of each of them, right?

The US really needs more light novel sellers...

To sell what? 10-20 volumes of translated books from companies that have gone under or about to tank? You have got to be kidding me.

The question is to wait that LNs get popular and start to sell English-translated, or translate them right now an sell them so LNs would be popular. The forst option is the safest one.

How will one get light novels to be popular?

kira0802 wrote:

Cosmic Eagle wrote:You'll have to go through me first if you want to hurt them...

LOL, I wouldn't try.

And do your light novels fill up your bedroom?

Virtually yes.

Sure you cannot spare a copy? You do not have like 5 copies of each of them, right?

Of course not....I don't generate cash at will....it's mainly sentimental reasons.

Do you have a part-time job?

kira0802 wrote:The question is to wait that LNs get popular and start to sell English-translated, or translate them right now an sell them so LNs would be popular. The forst option is the safest one.

The first option wouldn't work if LNs don't become popular in the first place

From what I see, most of the target audience is too lazy to sit down and read through a novel