Comments on: Amazon’s Kindle USA Now Offering Japanese eBooks; Here’s How To Study With Them http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: kraemder http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-124094 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=25896#comment-124094 I figured out how to remove drm so I can read the Japanese on a much more friendly learner’s device… like dokusho or rikaisama. Anyway, some tips on how to find actual Japanese written books on Amazon would have been nice. I am finding nothing but porn without any written word at all. O.o Not that I mind adult literature but there isn’t any literature here…

]]> By: Jean-Christian Imbeault http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-72661 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=25896#comment-72661 In case this is of interest, I couldn’t find any suitable Japanese/English dictionary to use with my new Japanese Kindle
Paperwhite so I went and created one myself and published it on Amazon.

If anyone is interested the ASBN for it is B00AKIUDAY

You can find it here:

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00AKIUDAY/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKIUDAY/

If it is not available in your country feel free to send me a private email/message and I will see if I can get it published in your country.

]]> By: Fambly kittens http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-66241 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:53:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=25896#comment-66241 I’m getting tons of Japanese books on my Kindle Fire that I didn’t order. I delete them and they are back just like a bad neighbor in the morning. It’s making a mess of things. I didn’t pay what I did to have that crap put on my machine or in the cloud to make a jumbled mess.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-53767 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=25896#comment-53767 I don’t get it. I got a kindle touch a year and a half ago specifically because it DOES support Japanese, which I’ve confirmed with instapaper and by having Amazon convert a Word file that was in Japanese. I’ve also used a PDF to kindle format conversion site. The only hitch I found was that words with furigana don’t appear, which is a bummer, but fine. So why won’t the ebooks work? No idea, but I’m pretty unhappy about it.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-53594 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=25896#comment-53594 My kindle touch supports Japanese both via instapaper and MS Word files converted through Amazon’s service. I can’t understand why the ebooks aren’t supported, but I’ve downloaded one and can only use it on my android tablet. I’m very bummed because I love reading on my b/w kindle.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.tofugu.com/2012/12/04/amazons-kindle-usa-now-offering-japanese-books-heres-how-to-study-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-53557 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:59:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=25896#comment-53557 Any reason why a kindle touch isn’t compatible? I bought one about a year and a half ago explicitly because it supports Japanese fonts, which I have confirmed in a variety of non PDF ways. It supports everything but furigana, so why can’t I now use it to read Japanese ebooks? I’m totally stumped, and more than a little bummed. I have an android tablet, but really prefer reading on the kindle touch.

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