Amazon Japan to Release a Kindle Paperwhite For Manga Readers - GalleyCat

Today Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took him to the GalleyCAT site. With just a little digging around our inquisitive kitty found a post about Amazon Japan.

I want one.

According to the post by Maryann Yin, Amazon Japan has a present for Japanese manga lovers. It's a new Kindle Paperwhite with 32GB of memory. This compares to the non-manga Kindle Paperwhite which has 4GB of memory. The larger memory capacity in the new Kindle Paperwhite will hold up to 700 graphic heavy comic books.

Panzer says, "Hmmm ... I wonder how much shipping from Japan would be?"

Note: This is a short post. Bring a small cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon Japan

Amazon Japan starts all-you-can-read service - The Japan News

A cat doesn't need a passport.

Panzer's trip in the Catosphere today took him to a site he's never visited before called The Japan News. Our multi-talented kitty found a post there about Amazon Japan.

According to the post, Amazon Japan has introduced the Kindle Unlimited Service. Introducing the service will make Japan the 12th country to join Amazon's all-you-can-read smorgasbord service. The service will include not only ebooks but magazines and manga as well.

Panzer says, "Hmmm ... Twelve countries ... Kindle Unlimited really is taking over the ebook world."

Note: This is a medium post. Bring a small thermos of tea and three muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to Kindle Unlimited

Japanese Publishers vs. Amazon Japan On Ranking System

Explain please.

Panzer hit the Catosphere at warp speed today. My bad kitty boy went over to the Asia & Japan Watch site at The Asahi Shimban. He found a post by Mayumi Mori about a shouting match going on between Amazon Japan and the Japanese publishers who use Amazon's store for ebook sales.

So, what's all the shouting about?

Amazon Japan has instituted a new publisher ranking system.  Publishers who pay Amazon Japan higher fees and have bigger ebook offerings receive higher rankings than those who don't.

Panzer says, "I don't understand. Are the higher fees for advertising or what? And, if you have more ebooks to sell, why shouldn't you have a higher ranking?"

To read the whole post, tootle over to Amazon Japan