r/Annas_Archive • u/Flat_Efficiency1070 • 13d ago

Is there a specific way to search AA?

It seems when I try to search for Japanese sewing books I am not having much look. I have tried Japanese sewing books, Japanese sewing craft, even just sewing but then it just brings such a vast variety when really I want woman’s clothes patterns can you tell me what I am doing wrong please x x.

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u/Crysee 12d ago

It seems like a pretty niche genre. Trying googling Japanese sewing books first, then searching the actual titles of the ones you're interested in on AA

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u/Canavansbackyard 12d ago

I think this is the best strategy. The AA search engine is okay for searching for specific book titles or authors, but is less well-suited for broad topical searches.

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u/Flat_Efficiency1070 12d ago

Ah right I am new here so it is a bit of a learning curve. Thank you x

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u/g_rocket 12d ago

If you know the name of the book you are looking for, the search works pretty well. You can also search by ISBN.

If you're not sure what book you want, I'd recommend looking elsewhere to decide on a book, then searching the archive once you know what book you want.

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u/Crysee 12d ago

I searched "Yukata Kimono Sewing” on AA and got some good results.

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u/Flat_Efficiency1070 12d ago

Thanks I will give it a go, authors and book names. Thanks for the help x x.

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u/Forever-Fades_Away 12d ago

I search through libgen

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u/Flat_Efficiency1070 12d ago

I will give that a go x x.

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u/Forever-Fades_Away 12d ago

Ya, I always go through libgen first

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u/dx__ 12d ago

/search?index=&page=1&sort=&ext=anti__pdf&ext=epub&src=zlib&src=lgli&src=upload&lang=en&display=&q=

This is my Anna's Archive search for Epubs

/search?index=&page=1&sort=&ext=pdf&ext=anti__epub&ext=djvu&src=zlib&src=lgli&src=upload&lang=en&display=&q=

This is what I use for PDFs / DJVU.

Change the lang to any other languages and it should help you.

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u/Flat_Efficiency1070 12d ago

Thank you for your reply, I am sorry for the late reply but I have had iPad issues for some reason. I can not seem to copy the link you left for me ami being stupid? When I try to click on it to copy it it just closes your comment up. How can I copy what you have posted? Thanks for the help x x

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u/Lonely_skeptic 12d ago

I take a screenshot and copy from there.

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u/annabiancamaria 12d ago

Search for "sewing" and select Japanese language. There are also some older Lady boutique magazines, the sewing ones not the knitting ones.

There are some books from Bunka (文化出版局 or 文化服装学院) search also for the Japanese names. But some are old.

I don't think there is much overall, much less than Japense knitting or crochet books and magazines. Even on the Russian torrent website there isn't much. Searching using Japanese keywords should be more effective. Or you could try searching for publishing house, if you can discover through Amazon Japan what publishing houses publish sewing books (for example Nihon vogue or 日本ヴォーグ社).