Try
the links on the right to determine whether your books are now listed
in the JPGS (Japan) database and in Amazon.com and Amazon.co.jp.
Japan Publications Guide Service (JPGS)
Information for Publishers
Information for Publishers
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do we do? The simple, short, uncomplicated
explanation is that JPGS collects information on publications (books
and periodicals) that are published in/on Japan or East Asia in English
or English plus one or more other languages. Our emphasis is on paper, Japan and recent
publications, but within the limits of our time and ability, we will
include internet based online publications, old titles that are
hard to find, and titles from/on all East Asian Countries ... from
Russian
Far East and Mongolia, to Myanmar and East Timor to the multitude of
Pacific Island territories. Hawaii, New Zealand/Australia and Bangladesh/India are outside the area of interest of JPGS. So, a book published in Australia on Sri Lanka would not be listed by JPGS, but a book published in Australia on Japanese Sumo would be listed. What we can do for you! We can list your title(s) without charge as long as they are in English (all or partly) and are published in or on Japan or East Asia. What you will need to do to list your publications! The fastest and best way to be listed by JPGS would be for you to send a single no-charge copy of your publication(s) to JPGS along with your publicity material and catalog. You will find our address at the end of this page. An actual copy of each publication is much preferred and will generally result in a more complete listing. We cannot return publications that you send to JPGS. If we do not get the publication itself, we can work from catalogs, online information, and third party sources. Info supplied as a spreadsheet file or delimited text file is very welcomed especially if your list is long. What we cannot do. As a general rule we do not publish, sell, recommend, review, or translate publications. We have associates and friends in Japan who do all of these things and will be happy to pass on any such requests to them. Cost for listing. Aside from your postage expenses in sending information to JPGS, there is no charge or other cost. Basic JPGS listing is always free whether you are listing one book or a thousand. --------------------------------------------
Enhanced
listing and
advertising. JPGS
currently does not accept enhanced
listing or advertising. Please contact us if you have a proposal.
What happens to the magazines you receive for listing? After a periodical is listed, it is usually put into our display rack. If practical it will be passed to imcbook for listing and possible subscription promotion. What happens to the books you receive for listing? Books listed are held for display at one or two exhibitions. They may be given away, lost, trashed, or sold to recover part of our costs. Can you help us to sell our books? As stated above JPGS does not sell anything. Our associates imcbook do sell a wide variety of publications in and outside Japan. They can sometimes help publishers and authors. However, it is important to understand that imcbook is not an ultimate customer. They will only buy books for which there is a measureable market and then they will only buy the quantity they are sure they can sell. The advantage of imcbook is that they are often more willing to listen to small English publishers than are many of the distributors and retailers in Japan. See their website here. JPGS address and contact details. If you have contacted us in the past, please note that as of July 2005 there has been a change of our Post Office Box address. The old IPO Box is no longer valid. Our current PO Box address follows: JPGS Ueno PO Box 13 Taitoku Tokyo 110-8691 Japan Letters and books are best sent to the Ueno PO Box address. Or see the contact information at http://imcbook.net/address.htm. Please do not duplicate and send the same info to several or our addresses. Tel 81-3-3876-3073 Fax 81-3-3876-3627 Email jpgspbr{at}jpgsonline.com (Email addresses are changed from time to time to avoid those who send mindless email. If you try to contact us and the address fails, check our website for a newer email address.) You may have to verify that you are a human before your email will be delivered. |
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