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New Release of Manga Chapters from Yen Press Plus New Light Novels from Hobby Japan & Overlap Added to Bookwalker

NEW RELEASE OF MANGA CHAPTERS FROM YEN PRESS
PLUS NEW LIGHT NOVELS FROM HOBBY JAPAN & OVERLAP ADDED TO BOOKWALKER!

JANUARY 20, 2017 – BookWalker Global is expanding its ever-growing inventory of manga and light novels in English this month, with the addition of light novels from Hobby Japan and OVERLAP licensed by J-Novel Club, and the latest chapters of popular manga series from Yen Press. Starting from January 20, the first batch of new manga chapters will be available for sale almost on the same day and date as it's released in Japan, with many more to come.

For manga readers who eagerly read Black Butler, Goblin Slayer, KakeguruiCompulsive Gambler-, the weeks or months waiting for the next volume of the series to be available in print can feel like forever. Now fans can buy and read the latest chapters of popular manga from Yen Press around the same day that it's published in monthly or weekly magazines in Japan through BookWalker.

BookWalker's selection of light novels is growing too, with the addition of six new titles from J-Novel Club, which include Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash and Occultic: Nine, from the creator of Steins;Gate, and more. This will be the first time for BookWalker to carry Hobby Japan and Overlap light novels in English.

NEW! LATEST CHAPTERS OF YEN PRESS MANGA AVAILABLE ON BOOKWALKER
The latest chapters of the hottest new manga series from Yen Press will soon be available on BookWalker! Stay up to date with the latest developments in popular series like Black Butler, My Monster Girl's Too Cool for You, and Goblin Slayer with an early peek at chapters that aren't yet available in print.

Yen Press series that will be released as weekly and monthly chapters include:
*Black Butler by Yana Toboso (monthly)
*Goblin Slayer by Kumo Kagyu and Noboru Kannatuki (monthly)
*KakeguruiCompulsive Gambler – by Homura Kawamoto (monthly)
*My Monster Girl's Too Cool for You by Karino Takatsu (monthly)
*The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki, creator of Pandora Hearts) (monthly)
*The Royal Tutor by Higasa Akai (monthly)
*Today's Cerberus by Ato Sakurai (monthly)

Individual chapters are available from 107-330 JPY (0.99 USD - 2.99 USD approx.)

BOOKWALKER'S SELECTION OF LIGHT NOVELS GROWS WITH J-NOVEL CLUB
In addition to manga, BookWalker has an extensive selection of light novels in English. Now light novel fans will have even more titles to choose from as digital-only sci-fi and fantasy prose novels from J-Novel Club will be available for sale, starting from January 20th, 2017.

The first batch of J-Novel Club light novels added to BookWalker includes:
*Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash by Ao Jyumonji
*Occultic;Nine by Chiyomaru Shikura, the creator of Steins;Gate
*My Little Sister Can Read Kanji by Takashi Kajii
*I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse by Namekojirushi
*My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka
*Brave Chronicle: The Ruinmaker by Kenya Atsui

Visit https://global.bookwalker.jp/publishers/1022/ to see all the books available on BookWalker Global from J-Novel Club.

Don't have a BookWalker account or apps yet? Just visit global.bookwalker.jp and register for a new account. The iOS BookWalker apps for iPhone and iPad are now available on the Apple App store or the BookWalker Android apps on Google Play.

Follow BookWalker on Twitter (@BookWalker_GL), on Facebook, or sign up for the BookWalker newsletter to hear about the latest manga and light novels as they're added to BookWalker.

January Special Deals
Get 15% OFF all English eBooks on BookWalker Global from January 20th to January 26th when you check out using the code “jan15”.

About BOOK☆WALKER
BookWalker is the one of Japan's most popular reading platform to read digital manga & light novels. There have already been over 1.5 million downloads of the BookWalker apps and users are enjoying 300,000 titles from over 800 publishers including Kodansha, Shueisha, Square Enix, KADOKAWA and more. BOOK WALKER Co. Ltd. is member of KADOKAWA CORPORATION and was founded in 2010. Visit our Japanese site at: https://bookwalker.jp/ or English site: https://global.bookwalker.jp/

About Yen Press
Yen Press is a publisher, jointly owned by KADOKAWA CORPORATION and Hachette Book Group, dedicated to publishing graphic novels for adults and young readers. Yen Press' focus is primarily on licensed manga, but also publishes across the wide spectrum of the graphic novel market, including, but not limited to: original manga publications, original American comics/graphic novels, webcomics, licensed adaptations, and children's graphic novels. For more information, visit www.yenpress.com.

About J-Novel Club
J-Novel Club is a new digital publishing company and subscription service that launched in October 2016 releasing titles from the Japanese publishers Hobby Japan and OVERLAP. Visit https://global.bookwalker.jp/publishers/1022/ to see all the books available on BookWalker Global from J-Novel Club.

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