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J-Novel Club Announces the Licensing of Hit Light Novel Series "In Another World With My Smartphone"

Read the pre-publication version now on j-novel.club! E-Book release scheduled for March 23rd!

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – February 15th, 2017 – J-Novel Club LLC is proud to announce the acquisition of a hit light novel series from Hobby Japan, “In Another World With My Smartphone”. This series is available immediately on j-novel.club, with a free 40 page preview and half of the first volume available for J-Novel Club Members.

In Another World With My Smartphone” is a hit web novel series published under Hobby Japan's Novel label, with 7 volumes currently out in Japan. Sometimes when you get thrown into a new, strange fantasy world you just want to have things go your way, you know? Smartphone is a blast to read, with fun characters, an interesting setting, and none of this grim-dark mumbo jumbo people seem to think stories need these days. Is it really so necessary to have the kingdom being besieged by a Demon King and every move critical to your survival? I think not! J-Novel Club will be releasing the series in weekly installments for J-Novel Club Members, and then will be publishing e-books on services including Amazon, Kobo, Nook, iBooks, and BookWalker!

In Another World With My Smartphone” will be released on an accelerated schedule, with the E-Book for volume 1 coming out March 23rd, volume 2 on May 3rd, volume 3 on June 14th, and volume 4 on July 26th! That's a volume every 6 weeks, a publication speed never before reached by sane publishers. Thankfully J-Novel Club is not limited by the bounds of physical distribution and/or sanity.

J-Novel Club Membership is only $4.50 a month for an annual membership, and gives you a new chapter a week from all 8 of our ongoing series, including “Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash”, “The Faraway Paladin”, “Mixed Bathing in Another Dimension”, “How a Realistic Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom”, “Paying to Win in a VRMMO”, “I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse”, “My Little Sister Can Read Kanji”, and “My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World”.

Announced Title List:

In Another World With My Smartphone by Patora Fuyuhara, Illustrations by Eiji Usatsuka
異世界はスマートフォンとともに。 Worldwide English Digital Rights
After a freak accident involving some lightning winds up zapping him dead, 15-year-old Mochizuki Touya wakes up to find himself face-to-face with God. “I am afraid to say that I have made a bit of a blunder...” laments the old coot. But all is not lost! God says that he can reincarnate Touya into a world of fantasy, and as a bonus, he gets to bring his smartphone along with! So begins Touya's adventure in a new, anachronistic pseudo-medieval world. Friends! Laughs! Tears! Inexplicable Deus ex Machina! He sets off on a journey full of wonder as he absentmindedly travels from place to place, following whatever goal catches his fancy. The curtains lift on an epic tale of swords, sorcery, and smartphone apps!


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