#CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE SHOW BECAME SO POPULAR WORLD WIDE THAT GMMTV DECIDED TO RELEASE A PAPERBACK VERSION OF THE NOVEL IN ENGLISH

[stormyoceans]

Bestie do you know when and where the LT book will be available in English??

HI, FRIEND!!!!!!

honestly it's pretty hard to say, but considering the thai novel has just been released, i think that unfortunately it's not gonna be any time soon ;;;;;;

i have to admit this isn’t a topic i know much about, tho. my only experience with thai BL novels has been limited to vice versa: in this case, the official english translation came out exactly 2 months after the show ended and is available as an ebook on amazon kindle or other store apps like meb and ookbee. however, from the quick research i've been doing, this actually doesn't seem to be a very common occurrence. the amount of BL novels with a licensed english translation is still pretty meager, and it mostly seems to involve works written by popular and proficient authors like mame and jittirain (can't believe that for once vice versa enjoyers lucked out IT'S A MIRACLE)

last twilight is a bit different because, unlike most BLs where the process is the exact opposite, it was born as an original screenplay first and only afterwards got adapted into a novel. this means that GMMTV as a company is actually involved in the publishing process, which could POTENTIALLY make it easier to have an official english translation not only as an ebook but as a paperback too. this could happen only if the show got A WHOLE LOT of views tho. just as a comparison, never let me go is also an original screenplay that got adapted into a novel, but despite all parts of the show having more than 1M views, it doesn't have a licensed english translation yet

anyway, my usual ramblings aside, tl;dr: i think GMMTV is gonna wait to see how the show fares before considering whether is worth it or not making the novel available in english, so in the mean time we're gonna have to rely on fan translations 🙏