Yeah, I'm kicking off this new era of light novel reading.
Example:
Sword Art Online
Monogatari Series
Durarara!
Log Horizon
To aru Majutsu No Index
Spice and Wolf
Publishers:
Western publishers of light novels include:
J-Novel Book Club
Seven Seas Entertainment
Vertical
Yen Press
Where To Get:
Check you local book store.
For any of you international folk's that have issues with shipping light novels and more to your place, I highly suggest using Book Depository. Free shipping worldwide and they are regularly cheaper than Amazon and Kinokuniya.
For digital releases, try some of the following:
Amazon Kindle Store
Apple iBooks
Bookwalker
Google Play Books
Other Useful Links:
English Light Novels - News and reviews of english light novel releases
Light Novel Database
Light Novel Review
Novel Updates
EDIT: Thanks to RRW for this.
From wikipedia:
light novel (ライトノベル raito noberu?) is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting middle- and high-school students (young adult demographic). "Light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Such short, light novels are often called ranobe (ラノベ?) or LN in the West. They are typically not more than 40,000–50,000 words long (the shorter ones being equivalent to a novella in US publishing terms), are rarely more than a few hundred pages, often have dense publishing schedules, are usually published in bunkobon size, and are often illustrated.The text is often serialized in anthology magazines before collection in book form.
Example:
Sword Art Online
Monogatari Series
Durarara!
Log Horizon
To aru Majutsu No Index
Spice and Wolf
Publishers:
Western publishers of light novels include:
J-Novel Book Club
Seven Seas Entertainment
Vertical
Yen Press
Where To Get:
Check you local book store.
For any of you international folk's that have issues with shipping light novels and more to your place, I highly suggest using Book Depository. Free shipping worldwide and they are regularly cheaper than Amazon and Kinokuniya.
For digital releases, try some of the following:
Amazon Kindle Store
Apple iBooks
Bookwalker
Google Play Books
Other Useful Links:
English Light Novels - News and reviews of english light novel releases
Light Novel Database
Light Novel Review
Novel Updates
EDIT: Thanks to RRW for this.
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