I recently received an email that owners of the thejapanshop.com published their first Kindle ebook, a beginners’ level Japanese language text called “Hiragana, the Basics of Japanese.” They’ve asked mailing list subscribers to download the book (available for free here at least for the moment) and review it on Amazon’s website. I haven’t loaded the [...]

I’ve always loved reading and have over the years accumulated more books than I really know what to do with–meaning that I’ve run out of bookshelf space. And yes, I have seriously considered buying an e-book device, but I’m still not sold on any of the major brands on the market today. The Kindle by [...]