Japanese Literature

[close] I started this group on idea that I had as a reader. I was constantly finding books in foreign languages that I am/was unable to read. I thought wouldn't it be great if I could ban together translators, authors and publishers together to possibly make English versions available to non-multilingual people? and also, books from other countries like the UK and Australia not available to those in the USA? I'm looking for translators who are dual-lingual, in their native tongue and in English. French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, all apply here. My idea is to take the original book, translate it, publish it to Smashwords or somewhere similar, see how it gains an audience to an American publisher may pick it up and publish it, possibly give it a better translation. I'm not sure how all this work, legally, but it's worth taking a shot at! If this takes off, I'd like to start a website, to collaborate with reviewers, other bloggers, authors, publishers and freelance translators. We would work on translations, take requests, communicate with authors and publishers and review said books. if we cannot translate, I'd like to at least spread the knowledge of the books in hopes that they'd picked up by a USA publisher.

[close] Bienvenidas/os a todas las personitas bellas que son hispanohablantes pero usan esta App porque funciona muy bien para apuntar sus libros y poner o leer reviews. Aquí quiero hacer un poco honor a mi tienda favorita que es Baka Otaku, no espero que ofenda a nadie. Espero que podamos charlas y compartir muchas noticias sobre mangas que acaban de salir u opiniones e incluso no se, si alguien está vendiendo una colección y no la saca de ninguna manera. Kisuuu

[close] This group aims to bring people together that are interested in reading about Japan in English. This includes reading Japanese authors, non-fiction about Japan, and any other books that are based in Japan or around Japanese ideas. The goal is to read some books that might otherwise stay off our "to read" list and especially to read more Japanese authors - though we all know that we are reading the translators words when it comes to that aspect of the reading. Ideally, we will be reading one book per month and have a mixture of the three main groups lists above, with less non-fiction due to potential expenses. Please note that the point of this book club is NOT to provide a free reading list. If you are uninterested in participating in the discussions or polls, please reconsider joining.

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.