This guide is for overseas readers outside of Korea, who want to buy novel or manhwa chapters on Ridibooks.
Sign up or log in to your Ridibooks Account
We recommend turning on the in-browser Google Translate to navigate the website. Click on "Join the membership" in the top right corner to create an account.
Top up your account
Special tips to get discounts:
• If you can wait, you should top up your account on the first 3 days of each month, as you will get double the amount of Ridi points.
• Go to the events page (from the front page) and collect the 10% off coupon (you can claim the coupon every week). If you top up at least 1000 KRW then you get 10% off.
Steps to top up your account:
Click on your profile icon in the top right corner, then click on "cash recharge".
Select the amount you want to add to your account. Note that 1 novel chapter costs around 100 KRW (0.07 USD).
Then, select the "credit cards issued overseas" option.
You will be prompted to enter your card details.
Enter the details when prompted, and that's it!
Buying chapters
We strongly recommend purchasing only novels that are available to view in the Ridibooks website, as these are much easier to translate. They look like this, and it's usually purchasable by chapter at 100 KRW each:
Some of the novels on Ridibooks are only purchasable in e-book format - we recommend that you do not purchase these. E-books can only be opened from the Ridibooks app, and these are more difficult to translate. The e-books look like this:
If you need help finding the raws for a novel you want to translate, join the OpenNovel Discord server and ask in the #general channel!
Next Step: Translating your Ridibooks novels
If you want to read your Ridibooks novels in English but want a much better alternative to Google Translate, we recommend using the OpenNovel translator.
OpenNovel uses state-of-the-art AI (like ChatGPT) to provide fast and highly readable translations. With OpenNovel, you can translate directly from the Ridibooks website on your iPhone, Android and laptop/PC.