Decided to put in an order for the Beast Player Erin and FFVII On the Way to a Smile novels since I couldn't get them while I was in HK but, it looks like I'm going to have to wait a while because Square-Enix is currently out of print so I will probably get a second batch copy like I did with Makoto Shinkai's 5cm novel.

Oh well, at least HMV Japan notified me and asked what I wanted to do instead of making me wait for a month (with no options) then telling me the goods are sold out like YesAsia.

As for a translation of the new short stories, I may very well do them depending on how much time I have when I get my hands on the novel.