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Where to buy the Harry Potter books in Chinese, Japanese, or Vietnamese |
If you want to buy the Harry Potter books
in Chinese, Japanese, or Vietnamese, try the suppliers below. Note that this list was updated some time ago. Old suppliers may be out of stock or out of business. New suppliers may have appeared.
Mainland Chinese version:
Currently Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are out in Chinese
translation using simplified characters. 'Quidditch Through the Ages' and 'Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them' are also out in translation.
If you are thinking of buying for someone, the Mainland version is recommended for people of Mainland descent, Singaporeans, and most foreigners who are studying Chinese.
American Internet suppliers:
In the U.K.
Hongkong:
Commercial Press (Hong Kong) (site in Chinese) carries both the Mainland and Taiwanese versions.
Elmbook Shop (site in Chinese) - both Mainland and Taiwanese versions.
Chinese Internet bookshops (not confirmed if they can accept credit cards or send overseas):
Singapore:
Try Kinokuniya's shop in Singapore. (They also have a web site)
Japan:
Ato Shoten (Japanese site)
Taiwanese version:
Currently Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are out in Chinese
translation using complex characters. 'Quidditch through the Ages' and 'Fantastic
Beasts' have also been translated.
Please note that these translations are in Mandarin, not Taiwanese or Cantonese. They are recommended for people from Hongkong, Taiwan, Malaysia, etc., and for Overseas Chinese in general. Also, students who learnt their Chinese in Taiwan.
U.S. suppliers:
https://www.bookswindow.com (not sure if they ship internationally)
Taiwanese suppliers:
http://www.book4u.com.tw (in Chinese).
http://www.books.com.tw (in Chinese). I've had trouble in the past accessing this site using IE, not to mention other browsers.
Kingstone Bookshop (in Chinese)
A list of online bookstores in Taiwan can be found at Buchhandel in Taiwan (in German, but easy to follow).
Hongkong:
Commercial Press (Hong Kong) (site in Chinese) carries both the Mainland and Taiwanese versions.
Elmbook Shop (site in Chinese) - both Mainland and Taiwanese versions.
Hongkong Book City (site in Chinese)
YesAsia (site in Chinese)
Popular Bookshop (site in Chinese)
Singapore:
Try Kinokuniya in Singapore. (Also have their own website)
Japan:
Kinokuniya. (Japanese site).
Japanese version:
Currently Books 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are out in Japanese
translation. 'Quidditch through the Ages' and 'Fantastic Beasts' have also
been translated. The Japanese translation of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is due to be published in 2006.
Japan:
http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/
(Kinokuniya require you to pay a sign-up fee before you can order books. There are other Japanese bookshops around but Kinokuniya is the most international and comprehensive.)
U.S. suppliers:
Singapore:
Try Kinokuniya in Singapore. (Also have their own website)
Vietnamese version:
Up until Book 5, Harry Potter was first published in instalments. A single-volume translation only appeared later. It is now easier to get hold of the single-volume format than it is to find the original instalments (even where these have been republished).
Book 6 was not published in instalments and appeared from the outset in a single-volume format.
Vietnam:
http://www.xunhasaba.com.vn/ Probably the most reliable. I was able to obtain all the published instalments here thanks to the efforts - beyond the call of duty - of Dao Thanh Thuy.
The Harry Potter books are also available from Tre Publishing themselves (site in Vietnamese, not sure if they ship abroad).
Sach Vietnam: a few instalments in the series appear to be available here -- not the complete set.
U.S.
Australia
Note: The above is provided as a service. I am not affiliated with any of the suppliers, although I have purchased from some of them. I accept no responsibility for problems in ordering. If you do experience problems, please let me know so that I can remove them from the list if necessary.
Thanks to Eric Bute for updated/additional information on bookshops.
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