Forum - View topicWhat? Tokyopop exclusive Website Manga Sales?
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hanachan01
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I like this idea. Maybe if enough of us do this, it might work. And only intelligent letters saying why the site sucks. ...Or maybe an online petition....... 
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fighterholic
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Yeah, but do you think they'll actually pay attention? Or take it as spam?
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hanachan01
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If it's well written and explains the reasons why the site isn't good intelligently, and if there is enough of them, it might work.
We could also try to made a thread on their forum saying our dislike for the site, if that doesn't work. But that's a last resort. I don't want to have to hit that low soon 
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Wolverine Princess
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I sank to that low about two months ago.
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ShadrachAnki
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Well, you can get them from RightStuf too, but that's not surprising since IIRC, RightStuf is the group managing Tokyopop's store backend. The frustrating element is that, unlike the other titles, the web-exclusive titles do not have any discount applied to them. I think it's probably debatable at this point as to how exclusive these "exclusive releases" will actually be. The titles may very well show up on Overstock.com or some other site later. Remember, for Tokyopop this really is a test of a potentially viable business model, and they're trying to determine how it will best work. ~Shadrach Anki |
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Abarenbo Shogun
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Shove their ****** OEL crap online and leave the shelves to the real stuff. |
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ShadrachAnki
Posts: 180 Location: New England |
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I enjoy a number of Tokyopop's OEL titles, and shoving them all online as you suggest would negatively impact the viability of that new market. Just because they are not made by Japanese or Korean artists does not make them any less real or legitimate. In point of fact, some of the "real stuff" as you call it is just as crappy as the worst of the OEL titles (if not worse). In a perfect world, a smaller fan base would not impact the number of volumes produced for a title or the distribution of it. We don't live in a perfect world, however, and titles that don't do well initially in the bookstores are less likely to have future volumes picked up. Why would bookstores want to stock something they wouldn't be able to move off the shelves, particularly in a category like manga where there are a lot of titles with a lot of volumes. ~Shadrach Anki |
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FeralKat
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I brought up this topic weeks ago...
Anyway, when I first found out about this, I was upset, too. But the more I thought about it, it made sense for the series that aren't selling well and risk cancelation. However, for brand new series just starting out? I wouldn't buy a manga unless I saw the hard copy first. I'd want to know what the art and story look like (I've seen beautiful covers on manga, only to open it and face crappy artwork). |
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Wolverine Princess
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As sad as it is true, my brother! And Return to Labyrinth, a "Global Manga" Tokyopop comic book, is quite possibly the biggest offender EVER. 
Just look at that gorgeous cover! If I was browsing manga online without seeing any page previews, I'd buy it in a flash. Open it up and you'll see that the art is absolutely barftastic. I can't find any online previews for the art that showcase how truly awful this rubbish is, but here are some of the better drawn pages: 
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Richard J.
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Insert extremely cliche comment about judging books by their covers. This is why I almost never buy anything without at least having some sort of preview. I've only "blind-bought" a few manga and that was only because they were based on anime I'd watched. I just foolishly assumed the art couldn't be THAT bad or different from the series. I think I'm going to start being even more paranoid now though. Wolverine Princess, for the love of all that's kawaii, please change that avatar to something else! Before now, you had some of the best avatars around. |
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FeralKat
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You sound like my sister when she snatched that manga from the shelves and opened it. Except she almost cried. 
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Tempest
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animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9356 animenewsnetwork.com/convention.php?id=365 Covered this (most recently) back in August. But their new site is a mess. Try to find info about their products... -t |
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Abarenbo Shogun
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But thats embedded in an article, thats not fair!! |
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