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Japan ebook and manga discount promotions
Overview
Amazon Japan maintained a consistent schedule of large-scale ebook promotions throughout late 2026. In late August, the Kindle Store held campaigns featuring over 20,000 titles at 99 yen and a point redemption fair covering more than 30,000 books. A specific weekend sale through August 30 targeted shonen manga with 50% point returns on titles like ‘Juou to Yakusou’.
In September, Amazon hosted a sale on high-priced Kindle e-books through September 17, offering up to 50% discounts on over 3,000 titles in business, technology, and mathematics. This period also included a 50% point redemption for the manga series ‘Futsū no Keionbu’ and a third phase of the Amazon Manga Weekend Festival through September 21, featuring ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’. Additionally, a 15th-anniversary collection of the light novel series ‘My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected’ was offered until October 1.
An autumn Kindle sale ran through October 8, providing up to 75% discounts on over 50,000 titles, with an emphasis on technical resources. During this time, the ‘Niconico Kadokawa Matsuri 2026’ also offered 50% discounts on over 20,000 KADOKAWA works.
In mid-October, the Amazon Manga Weekend Festival returned from 16 to 18 October, focusing on award-winning series such as Mitsuru Sugaya’s ‘Game Center Arashi’ and Ryoko Yamagishi’s ‘Hi no De Dokoro no Tenno’. By late October, a ‘Kindle Autumn Reading Point Return Sale’ was launched, featuring over 30,000 books through November 5.
Entities
Amazon · Kindle · Shoeisha · KADOKAWA · Amazon.com, Inc.
Timeline
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[BUSINESS] 3 sourcesDigital book sales offer high point returns in Japan
Shoeisha and Amazon Japan are running major digital book promotions, offering up to 40-50% point returns on thousands of e-books through late October and early November.
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[CULTURE] 3 sourcesAmazon Manga Weekend Festival offers 50% point redemption on award-winning series
Amazon is hosting a manga weekend festival featuring a 50% point redemption sale on award-winning titles such as ‘Game Center Arashi’ and ‘Hi no De Dokoro no Tenno’.
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[TECHNOLOGY] 3 sourcesAmazon Japan Kindle Autumn Sale offers up to 75% off e-books
Amazon Japan’s Kindle Autumn Special Sale offers up to 75% off over 50,000 e-books through October 8, with a heavy emphasis on generative AI and technical skill-building titles.
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[BUSINESS] 9 sourcesAmazon and KADOKAWA launch major digital book sales and promotions
Major digital book retailers including Amazon Kindle and BOOK☆WALKER are holding large-scale sales, featuring significant discounts and point returns on manga and KADOKAWA titles.
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[BUSINESS] 3 sourcesAmazon Kindle holds digital book and manga sales in Japan
Amazon Kindle is running promotional sales in Japan, including a special 1,500 yen collection for the ‘Oregairu’ series and a 50% point redemption campaign on various manga titles.
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[CULTURE] 2 sourcesAmazon holds 50% point sale for manga ‘Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita?’
The manga series ‘Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita?’ is featured in a 50% point redemption sale during Amazon's Manga Weekend Festival. The series is being adapted into a 2025 drama starring Suzu Hirose.
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[CULTURE] 5 sourcesFutsū no Keionbu manga offers 50% Kindle point redemption
The manga ‘Futsū no Keionbu’ is featured in a Kindle campaign offering 50% point redemption on volumes 1–11, alongside a collaboration with the rock band ‘Wasure Rannēyo’.
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[BUSINESS] 2 sourcesAmazon Japan holds sale on high-priced Kindle e-books
Amazon Japan is holding a sale on over 3,000 high-priced Kindle e-books, offering up to 50% off through September 17, covering business, technology, and mathematics.
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[BUSINESS] 4 sourcesAmazon Kindle Japan hosts 50% point redemption sales
Amazon Japan is hosting various Kindle store sales, including a 50% point redemption promotion for shonen manga and a broader fair covering humanities and essays through early September 2026.
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[CULTURE] 3 sourcesAmazon Manga Weekend Festival features Kodama Hatsumi works
Amazon's Manga Weekend Festival features a 50% point sale on works by next-generation authors, including Kodama Hatsumi's human drama series ‘Kono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru’.
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[BUSINESS] 3 sourcesAmazon Japan holds Kindle sales and 50% point redemption fair
Amazon Japan is hosting Kindle sales through September 3, featuring 99-yen books and a 50% point redemption fair on over 30,000 titles, including technical and manga works.
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[BUSINESS] 5 sourcesAmazon Kindle Store launches 50% point rebate on sports manga in Japan
Amazon Japan’s Kindle Store offers a 50 % point rebate on sports manga and a 56 % rebate on “Nikaido Hell Golf” during a weekend sale from 7‑9 August 2026.
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[BUSINESS] 2 sourcesAmazon Kindle Store launches 50% off manga sale in Japan
Amazon Japan’s Kindle Store offers up to 50 % off on over 2,500 manga titles, including the popular “少女・女性マンガ一気読みシリーズ,” until 2 August 2026, as part of a wider Kindle Summer Sale.
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[BUSINESS] 3 sourcesShōei-sha launches PDF ebook sale with up to 70% point rebate in Japan
Shōei-sha’s SEshop runs a PDF ebook sale (16‑22 July 2026) offering up to 70% point rebate on ten AI titles and 40% on about 1,900 other books, targeting Japanese readers.
Sources
appbank.net · ascii.jp · buy.livedoor.biz · codezine.jp · coliss.com · danshihack.com · dtimes.jp · dxmagazine.jp · gizmodo.jp · hochi.news · ict-enews.net · internet.watch.impress.co.jp · lifehacker.jp · markezine.jp · netafull.net · news.denfaminicogamer.jp · orefolder.jp · phileweb.com · prtimes.jp · smoothfoxxx.livedoor.biz · weekly.ascii.jp
This summary has been updated 12 times: see revision history