Ayumi Hamasaki Life Style BOOk
 

Copy from CDJpan:

This book from Ayumi Hamasaki features new photos of her in overseas, photos of her house taken by herself, her favorite fashion style, and more.

(All product details, including availability, images, language(s), special features, and bonus extras, are subject to change without prior notice. Actual item weight may be different from the one indicated above.)


Pre Order Deadline: 06/12/2011
Price : 1429 yen
Link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....=NEOBK-1055586


Edit:
I think i put it in wrong section. Moderators please move it in the right place....

I want this! Shipping is gonna be a ***** though!

Hmm, there's this store in London, it's called Japan Centre. I'm subscribed to a magazine they don't normally stock, and it didn't cost me all that much. People who live in London might want to drop by the store and ask them if they can order Ayu's book.

Read something earlier about this being included in a vivi or something? Is that true or is this in fact its own release?

I'm surprised that it's so inexpensive. This will certainly be under my Christmas tree.

i hope hmv allows for preorder soon

This book better not the pics from twitter because I have feeling that it will be something like a collection of ayu twitter pics :dead

^we need to believe in Ayu =)

^Hehe, but that's just my feeling. I could be wrong ^^;

Don't worry, there will be Twitter pics, but a lot of other pics as well~
From Misa-chan's blog:

woaaaah!! if it is so im gonna buy it too :D just because it is in japanese im not really interested to buy it :P

not sure going to buy it when, but the shipping must be expensive to europe :thud or might have to ship it to my home

I really want to pre-order this :( COME ON HMV! Fix it already! XD

I have told a german shop to order the book for me but they haven't replied.....

I hope they will get me one copy

I would love to see more pictures of her house!!

Me too :D:D

£11.80 not bad price really :)

I believe the current title for the lifestyle book (though not final...) is "All About Ayu"

I received a message from Recochoku alerting me that I am now able to reserve it through them and it listed that as the title, haha.

^thanks for the info~It's a nice tittle!!!!

"All About Ayu" that sounds more cool than lifestyle book

I'm totally waiting for those pics of Ayu with no makeup. I think she's the most beautiful when she doesn't use too much makeup (=looks natural). :)

hmm All About Ayu... this sound expensive actually, not just like 1500 yen :laugh

All About Ayu %) AAA

^ I totally noticed that the first time I saw the title hahahahaha

I wonder when it'll be available for preorder at amazon...

deadline for pre-order 06/12? So i'm not in time????? >.<

^i think it is only at cdjapan ^_^ At yesasia still available...

^^ HMV is still uncertain of the book's release... hence unlisted

Yeeeep. SUPER annoyed by this :/

All About Ayu <3 Sounds so cuuute <3
Getting more and more curious about it :3

I love the title :yes

it came back on HMV
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/4249823

I hope someone who buy the book will be willing to scan and upload it here. :D

I'm planning on buy it through HMV,anyone knows how much is the shipping charge? (spain)

Am I the only one who don't really like the title All About Ayu? I think it sounds too much as the article's title that you can find in a people magazine. Not really stylish & original. Life style book was better!

Finally i bought my copy~!!!!!!!!

me too :shrug
I mean, I don't hate it but it's kinda.. boring title :laugh.

Anyway I'm still looking forward this book so badly :luv2 especially for her home's pics.

For me usually it's 1,200Y and I'm in Canada... but you can order as many items as you want the shipping stays the same.

thank you~!!For me it's 1,500 ^_^

^I thought HMV counts the items?? Like under 2 items it's 1500 yen, 3 items for 1800 yen, and so on??

^ :(I don't now...
Anyway,I hope to see new photos~

Maybe it depends where you are?

I bought 3 items with Ayu's StyleBook and it's still 1,200Y...

Does anyone here knows if it is available on amazon? Sorry to ask this question...

^I can't find it on amazon

HMV just estimated the shipping fee based on how much CD/books you're bought. Actual weight and shipping gonna be calculated when its arrived to their warehouse. So, if the item is exceeded than 200 gram, they'll change your billing and charge your credit card based on the new billing statement when they're gonna ship your items, unless when you're checkout, you're ticking the "I want to know the actual shipping fees when the items is gonna shipped and I'm ready for the late shipping", and something like that.

^i hope the weight isn't exceeded more than that...

Most books probably have an easily guessed weight whereas something like LIMITED BOX SET for RnRC was kind of up in the air since there was a mug included so I don't think shipping should be that much for a book like this, lol.

Since you live in Spain , According to CDJ the book weighted 690grams so to Spain the shipping is about 2200yen !

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/fee/intel/ems.html

and it's same for CDJ, they always listed books as 690 grams++
so, the shipping fee from CDJ is not always reliable too.

I'm sometimes had problem with shipping in both CDJ/HMV
- I've ordered Digimon Chronicle Memorial Book, and payed 3800 yen for EMS fee in CDJ. Yet when I received the order, I put the book on the digital scales, and I found out that the book is only 884 grams, yet CDJ that listed for 1200 grams. The good things is, they had SAL/Registered SAL for shipment, and if we payed with paypal first, then we're not gonna be charged anymore if it exceed the actual shipping cost.
- HMV is more reliable for cheap EMS shipping since they just charge our credit card when the items is gonna be shipped out, and the charge the actual shipping fee we had to pay. But, if we forget to tick the box "I'm ready for late of delivery if the shipping cost is differ from what determined before" when we check out, well... It's happen to me when ordered SCANDAL Photobook, I have to pay 2800 yen for 2 books. But still, cheaper than CDJ, although they always folded the poster if we ordered CD with bonus poster from them ^^a

But for a 1500 yen book, I hope it's not as thick and heavy like Japan magazines nowadays.

any news about the release date? :S
I want to see the cover!!!!

^ seems like no news still

the release date is dec 21, right? it's day after tomorrow... why there's no cover yet

I'm sure date is wrong

^O_O So when we'll get the real released date?

CD Japan says it will be out on December 28th and YesAsia on December 31st... Which one is right lol

I want to know some info about this book now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>_< at least the release date

yeaah... and will it appear at amazon >___<

no cover yet? =(

I have a feeling that latest Vivi cover is also a cover for this book

^ hmm that will be strange o.O

I think they might not have a release date, they put fictive dates so we can pre-order and eventually we'll get an actual date when it's ready...

I'm hoping it's a glamour shot type of cover :3 The last cover of ViVi would be fine too, she was gorgeous in that picture!

it's weird, there's still not cover for the book?
it's like a week left until it's released~ lols~

I think the same,at least from the same photoshoot

I want something special for TA members -_- at least postcard

btw, TA or official site still doesn't say any single word about this book...

Have they ever mentionned anything about any of the books before that? I don't remember...

I think so too, but I don't want vivi cover to be the same to it. it's an okay image, but...idk :no

Deji deji diary for sure. Don't remember her live photobook...

Apparently in this month's ViVi it states that it has been decided that the lifestyle book and album will be released on the same day. I can't verify this myself, however, so we won't know for sure until someone scans the ViVi.

oooo, interesting.


I was thinking it was so cheap, but then I was looking at some of Rinka's photobooks, and a lot of them were around the same price...so I guess maybe it's pretty normal.

I would be so pissed if this gets pushed back! I wouldn't mind in general but I preordered it with other stuff I don't want to wait till maybe April just because of this book!!

Wait - being pushed back!? But when is the album going to come out??? March possibly???

Oooh no :( At least there is a lot of stuff to look forward to in 2012

I am glad that it's being pushed back.. the blu-ray is taking out a lot of money out of my wallet.

nooooooooooo!!!!!!I want it in winter u.u

I just received a message from
Yesasia, and it says that the release date is pushed back to January 31,2012. So if the date is right and rumour about the album is true, we don't have to wait more than little over two months for the book's [and album's] release,yay! :3

I think 31 January is temporary date again

I'm still undecided if to buy or not..the shipping cost is the same as the book..so the book costs actually double.. And all this pushing back the release date..
Is not that earnest selling an item that hasn't a definitive release date...

Jan 31 seems like a pretty okay date for them to get their **** together though.

I was thinking the beginning of Feb sometime. I definitely did not want to wait until spring like some people were speculating...

So, I hope it's that day~~

OMG.. it's pushed back so LATE T__T
i'm gonna get it on mid feb then..hmm~~

oh, Jan 31. well, that's OK for me actually. I'l try to consolidate it with a novelty from TA..

I can wait for that. It's not been pushed back *too* late.
Let's hope that is the real date this time.

I think the live photobook wasn't an avex release, that's why.

The date doesn't seems so far to me :shrug so I'm ok with it. Especially if it will be release along with the new album.

Does it mean we will not hv Deji deji diary anymore?

^what's the connection between style book and dd diary? %)

^^ what? but this can happen actually :thud
she's been doing deji deji diary for 10 years and lately all her deji deji diaries are a lil boring...

OMG I would love a January 31st release...

Think about it guys, January 31st isn't that far if you consider that we are Decemebr 22nd today :3 1 month and some days! It's really not that long. Besides, isn't January 31st better than March 31st? XD

Do we really think the album could be released on the same day? I mean...I'm all for it, just seems odd and unlike Avex. Although heavy promotion in a short time might be a good thing, as opposed to mild promotion for an album that is announced six weeks in advance.

I pre-ordered from YesAsia and they always charge you when you place the order, not when items are shipped. So I kinda wanna have it on December 31, instead of one month later. But still, one more month to go, and hope we will have something cool then.

Only if you use Paypal. When you pay via credit card you get billed when the order is shipped out.

Soooo this hasn't shipped yet.

We still don't know when it's going to be released ?

The plan is that it's going to be released the same day as the album.

Which we don't know.

Oh is that true? May I ask how do you know this is what they plan to do?

^I think it was stated in Vivi or something.

^Yep, exactly, in the volume 136 if I remember well ! Hopefully, everything is almost completed for the album, so that they can announce it soon...

Album can't be far away then, seeing they already announced the Life Style book and are promoting it in Vivi.

Vol. 137, not 136!
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112334

I hope someone will translate~

It just says release postponed on CDJ. Probably will be released within the next month or two.

It says LIFE STYLE BOOK and NEW ALBUM are going to be released on the same day.
OMG I even bought vivi 2 weeks ago and then scanned vol.137 but I didn't realize that until yesterday! :P

Can I post your scans in my topic?
You never put your tags on the pics and your scans are in better quality :yes.