In early February, Dwango announced that BookWalker Co., Ltd.; Dwango; and Kadokawa Connected will all merge, with Dwango becoming the surviving company, and BookWalker Co., Ltd. and Kadokawa Connected being dissolved.
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Kadokawa founded BookWalker Co, Ltd. in December 2005, and Kadokawa launched the BookWalker e-book store service in 2010.
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BookWalker Global told ANN in February there would be “no impact on the BookWalker Global Store and its operations as a result of the merger.”
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Yen Press, BookWalker Global, and J-Novel Club are subsidiaries of KWE.