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maneatingshoe
Canada484 Posts
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Sosseres
Sweden41 Posts
On July 22 2010 23:55 Garnet wrote: gotlurk.net down for anyone? It didn't get enough donations to keep the server up, so it is down until enough donations are in. | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
Now that is fucked up... this industry is completely backwards with its business strategy... | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
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aers
United States1210 Posts
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blankspace
United States292 Posts
I don't think it's the right move to shut down sites like onemanga. The majority of that reader base is not suddenly going to buy manga because of that as they can still find scanlations online. All it does is worsen the relationship between the global readerbase and the publication companies. Even if they shut down all major avenues of online illegal distribution it would just crush interest and squander a very good opportunity to tap into the global market. I definitely agree that setting up subscription services would be a good move. One problem is that illegally uploaded manga would still be all over the net, reducing the incentive to subscribe. However, if the online subscription websites were very professional, convenient, and up-to-date and not too expensive I think that people would eventually shift over. One example I think of today is netflix, which is doing very well as of late. Although in the age of piracy where many movies can be found online, the fact that netflix is not that expensive and provides a reliable source of movies attracts many subscribers. | ||
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:40 thedeadhaji wrote: wtf @ paying $10-15 per volume. Now that is fucked up... this industry is completely backwards with its business strategy... yeah to give you an idea like, in Quebec if you want translated mangas you have two options: in most bookstores you'll find the french translation (lolfail french province) which actually comes from France. last I checked a lot of their work was based on the english translations so you had to wait even more to see a new volume come out (cause it had to be released in Japan, then be translated in English, sent to France then translated to French, then sent to Quebec). the reader base being rather scarce, you'd get releases about 2-3 months after it was released in France, and that's only if you were going after the popular titles (One Piece, Shaman King, Bleach and Naruto for the most part). I remember one time I went to France for a family vacation and I had started Death Note in Quebec, France had 3 volumes more than we had. I raged. if you want them in English though, you can go to Montreal in very select bookstores that are english based but forced to offer books in french as well. they'll have some titles, but no more than 1-2 of each volume so quite often what would happen is on release days you wouldn't get the volume you were after because someone got there before you. I say all this but I haven't bought seriously in like 3 years so the situation might've changed. I kinda doubt it though. as far as prices go, although english books seem to be of higher quality (bigger volume, better printing), they're the cheapest. for an average volume you'd pay somewhere between $11 and $13, whereas for the french ones there'd be nothing under $14. Mangakana is so bad. | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
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Full.tilt
United Kingdom1709 Posts
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:40 thedeadhaji wrote: wtf @ paying $10-15 per volume. Now that is fucked up... this industry is completely backwards with its business strategy... I had written up a post saying basically the same thing, but decide not to post it for whatever reason. I enjoy manga occasionally, and I'll admit to using sites like Mangafox and Onemanga. I'd be more than happy to support the people creating the works, but when a manga can run over 20-30 volumes easily, at that price, it quickly adds up. And there's no way in hell I'm paying that much for something I'll read a few times at most; it's just not a feasible expense for a casual reader. However, if a decent amount of publishers came together with a good list of titles, and charged say, $10-20 a month for unlimited access to their collection, I'd jump on the opportunity. Even though there would probably be months where I didn't use it at all, and would have been better off buying a volume or two. | ||
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Madkipz
Norway1643 Posts
as for onemanga etc, this would not really be a problem if distribution was more streamlined on the net and easier. ;:/ | ||
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vileChAnCe
Canada525 Posts
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da_head
Canada3350 Posts
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Taku
Canada2036 Posts
On July 23 2010 00:40 thedeadhaji wrote: wtf @ paying $10-15 per volume. Now that is fucked up... this industry is completely backwards with its business strategy... Yeah I honestly don't get how 500 Yen->$10-$15. And as someone else mentioned, the manga reader sites are actually kinda shady imo considering how much ad revenue they've probably been getting leeching and hitching a free ride off the backs of scanlator groups. | ||
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lethal111
Canada460 Posts
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Corbie
United States65 Posts
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TDC
United States197 Posts
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
I also bookmarked all the scanlation/translation groups so if all fails I got some pretty heavy backup god damnit that was long and boring. oh wait, I still have to do my plan to read list fml. it'll wait, it'll wait. | ||
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