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Japan ebook and manga discount promotions

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2026-10-16 09:11 UTC → 2026-10-23 22:24 UTC · added ~~removed~~

Amazon Japan ~~has~~ maintained a consistent schedule of large-scale ebook promotions throughout late 2026. In late August, the Kindle Store held campaigns ~~running through September 3,~~ featuring over 20,000 titles ~~priced~~ at 99 yen and a point redemption fair covering more than 30,000 books. ~~The~~ A specific weekend sale through August 30 targeted shonen manga with 50% point returns on titles like ‘Juou to Yakusou’. In September, Amazon ~~Manga Weekend Festival (August 21–23) included~~ hosted a ~~‘Notable Next-Generation Authors’ feature,~~ sale on high-priced Kindle e-books through September 17, offering up to 50% ~~point redemptions~~ discounts on ~~works such as Kodama Hatsumi’s ‘Kono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru’. Following mid-September promotions~~ over 3,000 titles in business, technology, and mathematics. This period also included a 50% point redemption for the manga series ~~like~~ ‘Futsū no Keionbu’ and ~~‘Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita?’,~~ a third phase of the Amazon ~~launched an~~ 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 ~~that~~ ran through October ~~8. This sale offered~~ 8, providing up to 75% discounts on over 50,000 titles, with ~~a heavy~~ an emphasis on ~~artificial intelligence and~~ technical ~~resources, including ‘How AI Agents Work’ and ‘Can Do ChatGPT (Revised 2nd Edition)’.~~ 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. Featured titles included~~ series such as Mitsuru Sugaya’s ~~Shogakukan Manga Award winner~~ ‘Game Center Arashi’ and Ryoko Yamagishi’s ~~Kodansha Manga Award winner~~ ‘Hi no De Dokoro no ~~Tenno’ (Complete Edition),~~ Tenno’. By late October, a ~~historical fantasy set in the Asuka period that has been adapted for Noh/Kyogen performance.~~ ‘Kindle Autumn Reading Point Return Sale’ was launched, featuring over 30,000 books through November 5.

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