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NEWS: Yen Press, Square Enix to Offer eBook Manga in 200 Countries




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phoenixalia



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:29 am Reply with quote
Does '200 countries' cover India as well?

Please? Pretty please? Crying or Very sad
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zensunni



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:04 am Reply with quote
I will probably pick up a couple of these titles, but there are other Yen Press titles I want to see in ebook more. (Spice and Wolf, LN and/or manga please!)
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:20 am Reply with quote
When they say they'll be releasing new chapters of Soul Eater Not as they're released, I sure hope they don't mean they'll be selling them on Amazon. Can you imagine how confusing that'd be if every publisher did that and you had to order, say, a dozen chapters every month, or maybe even some every week? Just cut a deal with Crunchyroll.
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Nayu



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:26 am Reply with quote
I saw Doubt and hoped it was the manga formerly licensed by Tokyopop. Hopes dashed when I saw rabbits. Sad
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fuzzytipsy



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:01 am Reply with quote
I asked them about pricing of the simulpub chapters on twitter and they said $.99 for 16 or fewer pages, $1.99 for standard length, and $2.99 for anything longer. https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/448103948629852161
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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:08 am Reply with quote
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175 titles

Shocked Wow! I'm super excited for this!
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razisgosu



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:16 pm Reply with quote
Not interested. Digital manga is not something I fancy.
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MangaNeko



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:00 pm Reply with quote
Nayu wrote:
I saw Doubt and hoped it was the manga formerly licensed by Tokyopop. Hopes dashed when I saw rabbits. Sad


Are you sure you don't mean "Doubt!!" released by Viz? The title is available digitally.
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MangaNeko



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:20 pm Reply with quote
I am happy and sad with this news.

175 titles is awesome and this answers why Viz has not been able to release FMA digitally.

I have been using my iPad to read digital manga for 2.5 years. It has been a great space saver and much easier on my eyes. Viz and Crunchyroll have a wonderful platform. With my Shonen Jump membership and CR I am enjoying a HUGE amount of new manga each and every week.

I am sad, because I know Yen Press will not even try to match this standard. I supported Yen Plus in print and digitally, but I did not like their digital plan.

Unless there is a substantial amount of savings I will not be purchasing their digital books.
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katscradle



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:08 pm Reply with quote
This is good news. I never bothered to buy from Square Enix's online service. But, I did purchase one of Yen's digital exclusives Welcome to the Erotic Bookstore. I just hope Yen doesn't have a lot of trouble with any retailer content standards (that of course vary regionally too) because you honestly never know sometimes.
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HeeroTX



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:07 pm Reply with quote
It's nice to know Yen will FINALLY get their act together and release their manga in a digital form that is available on most handheld platforms. Maybe I'll still be interested in buying their titles when they go live here as opposed to YEARS ago when I wanted them.
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Sirius_One
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:23 pm Reply with quote
I think it is great that more manga is being made available digitally. Not too long ago, I upgraded my Kindle Fire to an HDX specifically so I could buy manga on it. There are a bunch of titles I'd like to read, but don't necessarily want to devote the finite space I have left on my bookshelf for them. And I'm already double stacking my current collection, so I truly appreciate some space saving (especially if a title is long running).

I still love having titles on paper, but these days I tend to only buy physical copies of titles that I want to either true favorites and want to keep long term or have a high quality print edition (a la Thermae Romanae). And what's not to say that a title I initially buy digitally ends up becoming a physical copy on my shelf one day. So bottom line, more options to get manga is an awesome thing.
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sharonlover



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:08 am Reply with quote
I remember scanlating Doubt with snoopycool. It was my first scanlation Smile Great to see something I worked on popular enough for release. I saw they did tanks for them that I haven't picked up yet.

It was decent. It's a suspense manga and prequel to "Judge" It was Tonogai's first manga and though I haven't read Judge yet, I hope he was able to improve his storytelling a little bit. For the right price, it's a good read Anime smile;
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