First paperback release
I hope everyone is doing OK. I am writing to announce that I have released the first paperback of the KLC Graded Reading Sets, for Volume 1. It took many iterations, but I’m very pleased with how it came out.
Please take advantage of this Opening Weekend Sale, which will expire at the end of Monday, Hawaii time. If you already bought the Vol 1 paperback before reading this, you got the sale price.
This time the discount is an odd 22.5% off the planned regular price. The reason for the strange number is that I’m using the absolute minimum price imposed by Amazon to cover their printing & processing costs, so I couldn’t discount it any further.
If you have a chance, I would most sincerely appreciate your help with getting the word out about the sale on your favorite online forums. Thank you very much!!!
If you don’t yet have the ebook for Volume 1, keep in mind that the ebook is FREE. The purpose of the paperback is to give you a way to do reviewing or self-testing away from distracting electronic screens. The paperback format has been optimized in various ways to offer a superior experience to reading a printout of the electronic version, and to require far less paper.
Needless to say, looking up unfamiliar words will be less convenient with a paperback than with ebook readers, which have one-tap dictionary lookup. But one may perhaps get the best of both worlds by using the ebook the first time through, and then using the paperback version for offline self-testing without lookups.
How are you learning kanji, kanji-based vocabulary, and reading in general?
Whatever I might have to say about kanji learning, the real experts on how to learn kanji in 2020 are the folks reading this. I am very interested to learn about your experience with the KLC approach, and how it is working for you. How much do you supplement with SRS flash cards? To what extent has the GRS supplanted SRS in your personal learning system, if at all? How much time do you spend writing kanji out by hand? If you could start your kanji learning over again, what would you do differently?
Please share your reflections on the KLC User Group on Facebook, or by using the contact form on this site. If you are willing, I might like to you to share your thoughts as a guest blog post, to help maximize the impact of your ideas.
Stay well,
ASC