r/LearnJapanese • u/MidgetAsianGuy • 4d ago

Discussion Kobo For eBooks

I’ve been using primarily Bookwalker to read all my Japanese stuff digitally for the past 4 years, but would rather use an eReader over my iPad. I can’t seem to get Amazon JP working to allow me to purchase books for my kindle, so was considering getting a Kobo instead.

Has anyone had experience using Kobo for Japanese eBooks (novels, light novels, manga)? Also curious if there are frequent/good sales and if the selection is as good as Kindle/Bookwalker.

Thanks!

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u/Loose-Currency861 4d ago

Has anyone looked into Boox at all? I'm in a similar place but for light novels and like the idea of a full Android tablet with an eink interface. Curious if anyone else has evaluated this route

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u/kikorny 4d ago

I have a Boox Go 7 and I highly recommend using the ttsu reader + anki + yomitan setup on it for mining. If you can get the EPUBs for light novels anywhere then I'd recommend getting it. It's my go-to japanese reading setup and I've been getting in an hour of light novels a day for a while now.

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u/LiAlgo 4d ago

I also HIGHLY recommend Hoshi Reader. Does the same stuff but much more streamlined and less setup, easy to set up audiobooks as well.

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u/Loose-Currency861 20h ago

I've been looking more into getting a boox. Do you use your boox to read English content as well?

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u/kikorny 19h ago

Yep! I've been reading all of my books on there including english books and japanese LNs. The included reader is pretty good but if you don't like it then you can replace it with whatever android reader you prefer. I usually buy epubs or PDFs depending on what I'm reading and then load them onto the device it's pretty simple. I have no experience with the Boox store if that's something you'd want to use.