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BookWalker
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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | E-commerce |
| Founded | December 1, 2005 |
| Dissolved | February 2, 2025 |
| Successor(s) | Dwango |
| Headquarters | , |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Created by | Kadokawa Corporation |
| Key people | Ichiro Hashiba (president and CEO) |
| Industry | Publishing, E-books |
| Products | Manga, Light novels, Magazines |
| Subsidiaries | GeeXPlus Trista ComicWalker |
| URL | bookwalker |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | December 3, 2010 |
| Current status | Active |
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BookWalker (ブックウォーカー), stylized as Book☆Walker and BOOK☆WALKER, is a Japanese e-book store that sells manga, light novels, and magazines from various publishers, as well as a few published by themselves. It is based in Chiyoda, Tokyo and was created by Kadokawa Corporation. The company was founded in 2005 before launching their store in Japan in 2010 and internationally in 2014, in which year a webtoon-focused mobile application counterpart, ComicWalker,[a] was also launched.
It has two direct subsidiaries, each with different focuses. One promotes the company's relationship with influencers and the other does reading-related software.
On February 2025, Kadokawa announced the merger of Dwango, BookWalker and Kadokawa Connected into one company, with Dwango being the surviving company. This merger won't affect the activities of the merged companies, such as BookWalker, which will continue with its brand and operations but now managed by dwango.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-02/bookwalker-dwango-kadokawa-connected-to-merge-with-dwango-becoming-the-surviving-company/.220744
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