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dormcat
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:37 pm Reply with quote
It was announced by CPM Manga over two years ago and previewed by various parties, listed by Amazon.com, its UK and Canada branches plus Barnes & Noble, yet ALL OUT OF STOCK. Amazon and branches don't even have publisher or release date information. Overstock.com claims it will be available this March (along with the projected release date: May 30, 2007), while eCompus.com claims "Usually Ships in 5-7 Business Days" (I find both hard to believe).

So what's going on? Anyone knows if CPM Manga ever managed (or would try) to release it?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:01 am Reply with quote
Sweet Cream and Red Strawberries is barely listed at all on CPM's site (and not at all through their own search engine), and TRSI has no record of it (despite being CPM's storefront—mouseover the links). BookFinder.com says it's not available.

Another thread on the subject.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:47 am Reply with quote
doc-watson42 wrote:
Another thread on the subject.

Are you sure that you've got the correct link? The entire thread contains no CPM, Nananan, or the said title. Confused
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:32 am Reply with quote
From Publisher's Weekly:

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CPM plans to price Sweet Cream at $9.99, but is running into other difficulties in marketing the book. "The challenge has been how to position it within the manga category," says Kokmen. "It's still a manga, but its appeal is different from traditional shojo." But Kokmen is excited about the title. "It's nice to do something that will challenge Western perceptions of Japan as being just Pokemon, schoolgirls, samurai and geishas. All that stuff is great, but it's nice to broaden that perspective."


Looks like they couldn't work out who to sell it to and how to sell it to them...
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:46 am Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:
doc-watson42 wrote:
Another thread on the subject.

Are you sure that you've got the correct link? The entire thread contains no CPM, Nananan, or the said title. Confused

That's what I get for cutting down the URL and not checking the result. <sigh> This is the correct thread (t=32882&next, not t=32882).
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:46 am Reply with quote
doc-watson42 wrote:
This is the correct thread (t=32882&next, not t=32882).

Thanks. In the mean time I'd like to check it out tomorrow. Sorry, guys in that thread. Twisted Evil Mr. Green
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:06 pm Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:
doc-watson42 wrote:
This is the correct thread (t=32882&next, not t=32882).

Thanks. In the mean time I'd like to check it out tomorrow. Sorry, guys in that thread. Twisted Evil Mr. Green

The thread is 365 days old—I think they can wait. <G>
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