Ok.. so there will be a small, English version..

Mmmmmm...

I REALLY REALLY WANT IT >______________<

I'll use my huge bulky Japanese version to be there on the shelve in my room and look pretty.. And I'll actually READ (and UNDERSTAND) the English version..

If it's not too expensive I'll buy it:) Shouldn't be that expensive right? It's small.. lol

We can only hope it won't be too expensive.

aah i need to buy this!!

I can't wait to pre-order

I hope it will be on YA soon

So it's really confirmed, it will be in english? YAY!

I hope it's up at YA soon, and that it will be released this year.. I will get it with the calendar then! : D

so is the A5 size confrmed?
i actually hope it'll have both the small and a limmited edition big size, i want it big :P

this is torturing...waited since july till now... >.<

3 languages!! Got to buy this!

ya,this is true...i'm just wondering how small will the photos and the texts will be???since b4 is really quite small

then,it will be like reading ayu manga :P
hahahhahaa....by the way,is this OS version limited edition?i don't think i'll buy it immediately after release...might get it (if i have extra money) after CNY

'REALLY excited about this!!

Thanks so much for the news!!

ah i feel like dying

i wanted to buy the chinese edition too....and now the english XD i can't own 3 copies of the same book

ah i hope i'll be able to find the english edition in taiwan~

oh,okay.i hope it won't be expensive...i'll buy it if its less than 20USD :P

The size of a manga? o_O?

Like a small mini purse-size manga or a magazine with the collection of mangas like Shojo Beat or whatever?

Oh WOW that's small!!! Maybe... too small O_O;

Genie do you know how much the book will be in SGD?

too bad it's small...that's the reason why i brought the FP because at least I can buy a cheap chinese version, or now an english version so I know what ayu was talking about in those entries~

Yea the pictures may be smaller, but if you have the first press version you can have the little English one next to it and read it like that. I'll probably do that. Unless they make the small one reaaaalllly thick and keep the picture sizes.

I don't understand how the text will be readable though, if it's going to be that small.

Ah thanks anyway! Hopefully it wouldn't be too expensive...

Anyway with an A5 size (that's about the size of a manga), I hope the book will be really thick otherwise we would be getting scaled images and un-readable text lol.

^ I hope so, too

^ Yeah, this is going to have 280 pages, the big one got 168. So it will be kinda thick ^^ Hopefully it will be big enough text. I don't ask for manga-size text (and I'll die if it's manga font XD), bu just big enough to read.. :P

^ Wow that's good to know it will be thicker... this is turning out to be very good! :yes

280 pages sounds good

ooo...so they are re-arrange the photos and the texts....then,i think its worth to buy :D
but still want to wait some feedbacks from you guys before buying it

So the english version is confirmed now?
I'm defenitly buying this, can't wait!
It's good it's a smaller size, so you can carry it around and read it everywhere. Manga size is big enough to read clearly. And because of the size it can't be too expensive. I thzink it's good.^^

omg!! english!!

i'm soo gonna get it!

English would be REALLY, REALLY great! I study Japanese, but I'm still not good enough to understand everything.

I would totally buy an English Version!!

it's worth to buy reminding the 280 pages....

Oh cool!!! Three languages^^^

hmmm....looks like I'll be eating instant noodles again just to get this book. lol.

^ lol

Anyway I hope this book would be really cheap... at least not above SGD $80 please

they probably won't be expensive, before the taiwanese publishers postponed the book, the book sold for...NT 300-400? Definitely less than USD 15

^Thats pretty cheap, but how much much would the English version cost?

I don't think the English version should be any more expensive... so US$30, wow that's about SGD40+!

^ Cool, that price shouldn't be too bad. I guess I don't have to survive on instant noodles everyday just to get her book. lol.

Yeap I wouldn't have to worry too much! This might be the only Ayu thing I'm buying this year, XD... oh wait I bought Days

is it still B4???

^ no that's for the first press, this will be A5

I think I will buy the english version with her new single (hope release a near date)
A5 is 148mm × 210mm is really small but if they increase the number of pages I'm happy :D

Lol... Is there ANY real CONFIRMATION about this coming out at all? And in three languages? Or is it just a rumor? Because I do not believe that until I see it :P

A member at Ayuchina from Taiwan said that the director of marketing of the publishing company contacted him and told him
This member is the head of TaiwanAyuFans and the director told him to spread the word about it~

I'm holding one of my Japanese mangas right now and it's not making me feel better about the size. But regardless, I'm definitely buying the English version because it is so rare to get an official Ayu good published in English! To me it's more of a collectors item than the big book! I'm almost half way done reading it anyway.

english? really?? where can I buy??

^ Hopefully at YesAsia... if not, Kinokuniya?

Damn >_< A drive all the way to Kinokuniya is out of the question for me......Borders please x_x

I can't wait to preorder it on YA

LacusClyne, sorry to hear about your family situation ;__; Thanks for taking the time during a difficult period to tell us this wonderful news...

I'm a little grumpy at the news, now I need two versions! I think I'll wait til later to order it on YA, but it would be wonderful to read something of Ayu's in official English. This does put some weight behind those rumours 2 or so months ago that she was considering breaking into the west..... o_O <3

yes, you can definitely buy this at kinokuniya, they always have ayu's new releases front and center.

I'm sooo getting the english one xDD hopefully gonna be in yesasia *0*

i hope they'll have it at cdjapan or HMV, i never use yesasia... don't know why :P

Does anyone know when it might be up for preorder??
I would like to buy it with the new single:D

any more news on this?
i hope it's released before Christmas~

i can't wait for the english version

yeah, i was wondering if there was anymore news as well?

dam, I didnt want to buy the smaller version, the bigger one cost enough anyways but since its in english I cant refuse :P I love the pictures in the book and cant wait to have translations to the text :D

Yes, I'll have to buy this smaller version too since there will be an english translation!

isn't the big version like sold out? O_o'

http://contents.oricon.co.jp/enterta...204_01_18.html

Sales of the diary compilation so far are 80,237.

Why isn't anything announced yet? D:

I hope the english version will be up for order sometimes

I so want to get a version which I can read

^ I'm waiting on that too :).

An English version?! Oh, felt like in seventh heaven right now!

I really want that version. I hope it'll be released in my country as the Chinese version I've only found here.

what???!!!
asmayumi,are you kidding???!!!
it haven't even release any other languages except for JAPANESE!
i bet you are talking about VIVI magazine and not this deji deji

nanakopy should read earlier in the thread when an english translation for the book was announced. :P~

That said, being that the release date was supposed to be December, and we haven't heard anything concrete yet, I'm thinking it's ALL up in the air right now, including the english translation.

hmm,did i miss something here?i don't see any announcement here @@
i was shocked because asmayumi said she found chinese version in her country but i don't see any chinese versions of her stuffs(books) except for VIVI magazine chinese copy.please correct me if i'm wrong

any more news?? I thinking that all this is a BIG fake...

This better not be fake.

I don't hope that it is fake

ya.i don't hope its fake because this book contains the documentary DVD of AT08.i want it

I'm starting to think this is fake since barely any official news has confirmed this, and there's no way this can come out in December now. :/

I think it is...:no It's taking way too long for official conformation on avex's side.

Not going to hold my breath over this anymore. I might as well just get the Japanese Version instead.

^thanks for the info.

but im wondering, for those who didn't pre-order the book previously, can we buy it in the nearby bookstore???

I bought a copy in Tower Records in Shibuya. I have no idea what version it is, I just know that it's in Japanese and it's quite big.

ah that's great.....even if there is no English version, I'll still get the Chinese version and thank god it's not simplified Chinese...

I hope they still do a english one, I have the the big one but it would be nice to read it and it would hopefully show how many english speaking people like ayu and maybe more stuff in english will come out like subs on dvds :P

o.O its not in simplified chinese?i thought most of chinese books use simplified chinese instead of traditional chinese

^ If its going to be published in Taiwan, then its going to be Traditional Chinese.

I hope they will publish the english version

I would like to read the text in the book

Then you have the first press Japanese Edition. Since that's the big one ;)

^ Thank you :)

Glad to hear it hasn't stalled completely yet! I would really love to get the English translation......I can only flip through the pictures so many times! xDD

where has it been said that there will be an english version?

oh i totally didnt notice that lol so sorry. So is it actually confirmed by avex or just rumours? when it does come out, where would the english version be sold? yesasia?