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Originally Posted by Carano

Fair enough, if people are saying that books would be more beneficial, any ideas on which ones I should pick up? I'm willing to give books a go if it's going to be better than Rosetta Stone.

I should be able to find them on eBay or something.

Thanks.

lame as it may sound, i found "japanese for dummies" really helpful. it was a great starting place, if that's where you are in your studies. the only drawback to it is it doesn't show you the kanji or kana; everything is in romaji. but if you're looking to pick up some conversational japanese it's a great book to start with.