2 new coffee-table books: The Journey to the West and The Last King of Shang

November 9, 2024 – Posted in: Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West, Last King of Shang

We’ve just released two oversized hardcover books that will make perfect gifts. They are the complete versions of our two best-selling Chinese novels, “Journey to the West” and “The Last King of Shang” (based on Investiture of the Gods). For both novels, we’ve converted the entire story – in Simplified Chinese, pinyin and English – into a single very large book. Each book is 8.5″ wide, 11″ high, and weighs over 5 pounds. Because the…

Re-issue of the complete Journey to the West in English

September 16, 2024 – Posted in: Journey to the West

There’s been a lot of buzz about the new video game Wukong: Black Myth. Released in August 2024, it is one of the fastest selling video games of all time, with 18 million units sold in the first two weeks. It’s also an incredibly beautiful game, with computer graphics that appear completely lifelike. Check out the 5-minute trailer on YouTube here. So we thought it would be fun to re-issue our English language version of…

What We’re Working On

September 7, 2024 – Posted in: Journey to the West

In the last couple of months we’ve taken on three brand new book projects. They’re in various stages of development, but I want to share some general info on what’s coming. First on the list is Chinese Myths and Legends, an easy-to-read collection of nine short stories. These stories will be familiar to every Chinese person, as well as anyone else learning the language. They are Pangu Opens Heaven and Earth, Nüwa Creates Mankind, Nüwa…

New Paperback: Journey to the West, in English!

June 12, 2023 – Posted in: Journey to the West, Just Released

I realized recently that we had just about everything needed to publish an English language version of Journey to the West. Each of the 31 books in the Chinese language series already included English translations. So all we had to do was combine those 31 texts into a single manuscript, clean up the text so it read as a single work instead of 31 different works, add the illustrations, do all the usual layout and design work, and publish it. Once that was done, we had to convert it to ebook format, since about 1/3 of all our book sales are now ebooks. Altogether, the project was finished in about three weeks.

All JTW Books Now Available in Traditional Chinese

April 29, 2023 – Posted in: Journey to the West, Just Released

Good news: we have converted all 31 JTW books from Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese characters.

New Audiobook: The Complete Journey to the West

February 21, 2023 – Posted in: Journey to the West, Just Released

And just to finish off the special editions, we also have partnered with Audible and Findaway Voices to offer the complete Journey to the West as an audiobook. The audiobook is nearly 37 hours long.

New Paperback: The Complete Journey to the West

February 20, 2023 – Posted in: Journey to the West, Just Released

Are you feeling pretty good about your Chinese reading ability? We have a challenge for you! We just released the complete Journey to the West in a 1-volume paperback, in Simplified Chinese. It has no reading aids — no pinyin and no English. Just Chinese!