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authors and editors, For more detail on us and what interests us, please also see publishers. In general we are interested only in publications (paper or online, book or periodical) that are published in English (all or part). Expats in Japan (and former expats) and Japanese who write in English are especially welcomed as are those who have self-published or published through a small press that has little or no distribution power. JPGS (Japan Publications Guide Service) enters publications into our databases. From there we produce paper and online products such as JPGS Lite. Basic listing is free. We are only interested in publications that relate in some way to Japan and/or East/Southeast Asia. We are interested in all such English publications, both commercial and non-commercial, priced or unpriced, with or without the appropriate ISBN or ISSN. The easy way to become listed is for you to send us one copy of each new publication. Our associate is KK IMCBOOK also known as imcbook or just IMC. They are book distributors and retailers selling throughout Japan and online, http://imcbook.net. For overseas publishers and authors KK IMCBOOK is a doorway to distribution in Japan. We are not the biggest/best distributor, but we care. For authors in Japan, we reach into the USA, Asia, Europe, etc. Small company but with over 50 years in the business; a niche player in publications distribution in Japan. Our specialties range from aerospace and business, from photography to travel guidebooks, and, of course, expat literature. JPGS will help you publicize your book. KK IMCBOOK may help you sell it. The truth is that most books are doomed from birth to be commercial failures even if academic, historic, literary or technical products of great merit. This is of no concern to JPGS, and many authors publish for reasons other than profit, but we must make a profit, or at least break even. KK IMCBOOK will do its best for you, but we suggest that you also search for other sales channels. On a case by case basis, we may be able to make some suggestions, but we have found that each book is a world unto itself and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. JPGS
address and contact details. If you have contacted
us in the past, please note that as of June 2009 there have been
important changes:
Sample copies and editorial questions/announcements ONLY: Japan Publications Guide Service 5-5-13 Matsushiro Tsukubashi Ibarakiken 305-0035, Japan email: fuyu2005[at]jpgsonline.com Book or magazine orders Kuniko Ito (KK IMCBOOK) email: kunikoi[at]attglobal.net tel/fax: 81-47-434-1592 Or see the contact information at http://imcbook.net/address.htm |
