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Where can I find Japanese LARGE-PRINT books? - Altaira - 2012-03-09
Any suggestions for finding Japanese LARGE-PRINT books?
TIA!
Where can I find Japanese LARGE-PRINT books? - Fillanzea - 2012-03-09
Considering the aging population, you'd THINK that large-print books would be widespread, but I've never seen them; maybe they're more common in Japan.
Books for younger children (4th grade and below, let's say?) are printed in larger type than you usually find for adult books.
You can also try finding text and PDF files of books online (through methods that I will avoid talking about...), and then you can zoom in on the text or make the font size larger. And if that option appeals to you:
http://www.accessj.com/2011/10/turn-your-books-into-ebooks-for-100yen.html
You can buy a book from an online bookstore, have it sent directly to this service, and they will turn it into a PDF for quite cheap.
Where can I find Japanese LARGE-PRINT books? - Altaira - 2012-03-10
Thanks, Fillanzea, for the info.
Where can I find Japanese LARGE-PRINT books? - Fillanzea - 2012-03-10
There are a pretty good number that come up if you type in 大活字 on Amazon.jp.
I'm not sure how your eyes are or if you have trouble with standard-size English books, but you may find that as you get more experience with reading, it becomes easier to read regular-size type. When I started reading manga magazines I would read them with a magnifying glass -- between my bad eyes and the bad paper, I found the kanji almost impossible to read. But the more I read, the easier it got.
Where can I find Japanese LARGE-PRINT books? - Altaira - 2012-03-11
Thanks for the replies!