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Originally Posted by seaghyn16
@apr: Thanks for the links, I guess Imissed it 
Still, according to BK1, shipping is as follows, (to Oceania, North America, Central America, Europe) based on the weight of the total purchase in grams.
I read that on average, a book weighs around 300-400 grams. Light Novels will be more like 300 I believe. If thats the case, than pretty much it would be around 380円 per book.
But, if you orderd 3 books, which would equate to around 900g, the total price would be almost exactly 1,000 yen, or around $11 US. (buying in quantity saves some money)
On Amazon.co.jp, 3 books would cost you 900 yen for 3 books, but then you would have to add the 3,400 yen to ship to Europe...for a grand total of 4,300 yen. So it will save you 3,400 yen everytime you use BK1.
However, BK1 is only in Japanese to my knowledge so far...so...you'd need someone to make a guide. . But they accept Visa/Mastercard credit cards. |
BK1 estimates 150-200 grams for a regular novel/manga, so you'd get 5-6 items per kilogram, averaging at about 200 yen per item to Europe. This is just a third of what Amazon charges (but takes 2-3 times longer and doesn't arrive at your door, I guess).
If you can't figure out how to order books from a Japanese website, I don't really see why you'd need to buy Japanese books, so a guide seems pretty useless.
I just noticed that Amanchu v1 came out today, so I'll order something from BK1 and see what happens.
Edit: I weighed some books.
12 kokki 1 - 188g
Bakemonogatari 1 - 402g
Brave Story 1 - 227g
Gosicks 1 - 180g
Toradora 1 - 155g
Dragonball (Perfect Edition) 01 - 435g
Major 01 - 161g
Please Save My Earth (Perfect Edition) 01 - 697g
Edit 2: I've been mixing up SAL and air freight. SAL takes from 1 week up to 2 months. Air freight takes 10-14 days and costs half again as much (300 yen per item, 1500 minimum). Neither of these methods are insured, and no tracking is available, so they can get lost and you're screwed.