BookWalker Global Adds Four Mahjong Pros Publishing Titles
The deal slots an outside mahjong specialist imprint into BookWalker Global's storefront, which the retailer rebuilt around an LCP DRM system that lets buyers read purchases in third-party apps.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
BookWalker Global is partnering with Mahjong Pros Publishing, the imprint of mahjong set company Mahjong Pros, and added four titles on the same day: Senba Kurono's 136 Ready-to-Use Mahjong Strategies and Tactics, volumes 1 and 2 of Hideki Ohwada's Reform with No Wasted Draws - The Legend of Koizumi, Crybaby Mermaid - Illustrated Memoir of Yuumi Uotani by Mio Junta and Suda Yoshiki, and volume 1 of Ayato Sasakura's Vermilion Stella - Illustrated Memoir of Arisa Date. The imprint licenses, localizes, and distributes mahjong-themed manga and textbooks.
The four additions run from a strategy guide to memoir and period manga, all tied to the game rather than to an existing anime or light novel brand. Mahjong Pros Publishing, announced in June 2025, licenses, localizes, and distributes mahjong-themed manga and textbooks. The partnership puts that catalog on a storefront that has been reworked since March, when BookWalker Global launched a rebuilt website, apps, and reader alongside the previously announced Lightweight Content Protection DRM, which allows access through LCP-compatible reading apps outside BookWalker.
- 136 Ready-to-Use Mahjong Strategies and Tactics: by Senba Kurono
- Reform with No Wasted Draws - The Legend of Koizumi (Volumes 1-2): by Hideki Ohwada
- Crybaby Mermaid - Illustrated Memoir of Yuumi Uotani: by Mio Junta and Suda Yoshiki
- Vermilion Stella - Illustrated Memoir of Arisa Date (Volume 1): by Ayato Sasakura
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- Anime News Network News BookWalker Expands Catalog with Mahjong Pros Publishing Titles