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The following is a notice that has mainly been sent to librarians and
booksellers. I am posting here for a couple reasons. First, if you write
and publish in English in Japan, send us information so that we can add
each of your publications to our database and newsletter. Listing is
free. Second, look for JEPP at the library if you need to find books and
magazines published in Japan.
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To:     Editor, Librarian, Information Resources Manager 

The JAPAN ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT has for nearly two decades been
the primary source for finding who publishes what in English in Japan.
The new 3rd Edition (January 1998) finally replaces the 2nd Edition that
was published in 1993.

As did previous editions, the new JAPAN ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT
covers all types of publications (books, magazines, newsletters,
proceedings, etc) from all types of publishers (commercial, association,
government, individual) in every field (accounting to literature to
oceanography to women). Bi-lingual titles are listed, but the JAPAN
ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT itself uses romaji for spelling Japanese
words. No kana or kanji are used. It is thus easily used by those who
know little or no Japanese.

The main TITLE section lists nearly 23,000 publications with basic
information on publication date, number of pages, price (or free), ISSN
or ISBN number, etc. This is keyed to the main PUBLISHER section where
over 5,900 publishing organizations are listed with address, telephone,
fax, email, and some web site addresses. The AUTHOR section has over
13,300 author, editor and translator listings. If you know roughly what
you want but not the title, the SUBJECT section lists all titles under
167 categories. Major categories include architecture, art, banking,
biology, business, computer, economics, environment, hobbies, language,
literature, medicine, photography, pharmaceuticals, physics, politics,
religion, and travel. An alphabetical PUBLISHER INDEX lists all
publishing organizations under both English name and romanized name in
Japanese. Finally, a small REFERENCE section gives advice on how to find
information in Japan and an INTERNET section lists a few starting points
for surfing for Japanese information that is in English.

The JAPAN ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT is priced at Yen 35,000 in Japan
($350.00 by airmail overseas). Expensive if you are thinking to use this
yourself, but a bargain for librarians, researchers and others who must
often search for information in or on Japan. The book is A4 size, 460
pages, weighs 950 grams, has a soft cover, and it is available on order
from Maruzen, Japan Publications Trading Company, and other dealers in
publications from Japan. ISBN 4-90178-14-4. A diskette version is also
available. Samples of the data in the Japan English Publications in
Print can be seen on the Internet at www.twics.com/~imcbooks/. Click on
the "JEPP3" link.

For further information or a photograph of JEPP3 call Kuniko Ito or
Warren Ball at 03-3661-7458.

We would very much like to receive a copy of any review or mention that
you can give to JEPP3.


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