Forum - View topicHarmony between scanlators & publishers
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#857164
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Oh, ok, so you meant the light novel! Yes, I plan to included them in the step 2  Step 3 will have manhwa (Korean) and manha (Chinese) too and, possibly, step 4 will be self-publishing!
It's crazy how much potential and work there is to do in this single project, enough for a lifetime... Overwhelming sometimes, but thrilling as hell! xD |
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st_owly
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I do not have that much money to spend on manga. If I like a series, I want to own the dead tree version, not pay chapter by chapter for a copy that might vanish at a moment's notice and which requires a computer and/or internet connection to read. I already got burned by JManga, and I'm quite simply not willing to take that risk again. I now view digital merely as a way of sampling things, so all I'm willing to pay for is an unlimited subscription model a la Crunchyroll. I don't really care about having a digital copy to own. Define regularly. In terms of series I'm buying the books of regularly, probably somewhere between 20-30. |
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#857164
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Yes, I've studied the JManga case and that's why I want to give the ability to download manga from the start, so you can backup anything you bought and be sure that even if we go down, you will still have what you paid for  Sometimes it is also convenient, like when you have to go somewhere without internet.
In your opinion, what was the problem with JManga? Why did it fail? With "regularly" I mean something like "you buy a volume as soon as it's released" -w- |
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st_owly
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I don't know enough about the behind the scenes of Jmanga to say why it failed (I'd be inclined to say lack of willingness of the Japanese publishers) but all I can say is that it's personally put me off "buy credit for chapters" purchasing models for life. I also found the site rather clunky and difficult to use, so I wasn't that keen on it anyway. Basically, I liked the idea but the execution was somewhat lacking. Call me old fashioned, but if I like something enough to want to own it, I want a physical copy which is mine to keep, not a PDF, even if it is DRM free. I am happy and willing to pay for an all you can eat digital subscription as I view that as a way of sampling a large volume of material cheaply but legally (rather than using illegal scans), which then means I can be more discerning about what I buy for my collection. 2 chapters is not enough to tell whether or not a series is worth sticking with.
Crunchyroll, having started out as pirates, realise that in order to get people to use legal sites, they have to be just as easy or easier to use than pirate sites. If your site is even a modicum more complicated than Manga(wolf like red mammal), and it sounds like it could well be given the dozens of ideas you're throwing around, people just will not use it. People are lazy. I just want the manga equivalent of Crunchyroll. Pay x much per month/year/whatever (or use the ad supported version), and read as much as you want online, with an easy to use interface. No faffing with downloading individual chapters, remembering to buy credits etc etc. Part of the reason I don't read as many scans as I used to, is that I can't be bothered reading them online as you have to scroll around so much to read each page, and finding sites for downloading them to read offline is way too much effort ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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#857164
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I can't really do much for your preference to paper, but please take in mind I'm the user #1, I'm doing all this work because I cannot wait of using it! And yes, I'm a lazy user too, probably even lazier than you xD I think my repulsion to repetitive task is what make me a good programmer lol Therefore I'll make sure to make it as easier and straightforward as I can. However I think you could give a nice contribution to the project as a beta tester and now I cannot wait to let you & Alan45 play with it
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st_owly
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I look forward to having a go at it
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