Finally, I could start reading and
owning digital manga.
I don't see why they'd join OpenManga, since they already have
their own digital manga services, and have the resources and connections to make their own web manga sites.
Square Enix launched
its own digital manga service in 2010, but it was strangled by poor design and excessive DRM, as chronicled here and here.
Not exact matches
To celebrate Naruto «s final volume, Viz is pulling out all the
digital stops with
manga bundles, a «Jump Back» in the mag, and even its
own app.
The internet was surprisingly silent over how Yaoi Con 2012, the first event held by
Digital Manga, went, but the absence of a 2013 show spoke a lot on its
own.
Digital Manga also announced they were returning to print early by announcing the availability of Tyrant Who Falls in Love (Vol.08) and Ze (Vol.07) on their
own retail site, Akadot.
You may be surprised to know that the main companies (Viz and Crunchyroll) have their
own service, but in 2015 new services emerged — that'd be Yen Press selling
digital chapters of their
manga titles, Kodansha starting a new imprint to sell
digital manga, and «New challenger» BookWalker stepping in to bring forth more content.
I imagine getting the rights to
Digital Manga Publishing's version would be a pain; it's not as if MD - i actually
owns any rights to the series, but it's not a great first impression when one of their first titles looks rushed.
For readers who want to test out how the files will work on their
own devices,
Digital offers a free 200 - page
manga sampler.
Unlike most other
manga publishers, Vertical has not designed its
own branded
digital service but will make the books available on Kindle, Nook, and iTunes.
Outside of piracy, do you see your chief competition being other
manga or print editions of your
own manga — are you concerned that selling the
digital at a lower price is undercutting your print business?
We've expanded from our
own app on iPhones and the web, to having
digital manga available on the Nook, as well as recently on the Kobo.
eManga (Warning: May not be safe for work) is DMP's
own website, and it carries a wide selection of
Digital's
own titles (mostly yaoi
manga, with a sprinkling of shoujo as well as the flagship title Vampire Hunter D).
We are also continuing to improve the VIZ.com site as the best place for readers to find out about print and
digital availability by providing links to iBooks, Nook, Kindle, and our
own Viz
Manga platform for all available titles.
Otodama, also a Youka Nitta series, was able to be licensed because it was
owned by a different company — Shinshokan — with whom
Digital Manga has a partnership.
The company's imprint line includes DMP: its mainstream imprint, DMP PLATINUM: its classic
manga imprint, JUNE»: its boys love imprint, 801 MEDIA: its adult boys love imprint, DokiDoki: its exclusive co-publishing imprint with Shinshokan Publishing, Project - H: its Seinen Hentai
manga imprint powered by 801 Media, and DMG: its
own digital distribution initiative.
There are a lot of
manga series» I just like to read, and not
own, and
digital manga I think is the best way to go.
Viz, the largest
manga publisher in the U.S., has been aggressively pursuing a
digital strategy ever since launching its
own iPad app in November 2011.
DC's
own Vertigo imprint will be adding six additional series titles to the
digital day - and - date releases, while other highly anticipated
manga series from Japan, including titles from Yen Press and Viz Media among others, will be launching several nearly simultaneous print and
digital releases, reducing the time from Japanese publication to
digital English translation to about two weeks.
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Some
digital artists have even produced their
own international editions, such as Yoshitoshi Abe's iPhone and Kindle
manga and the digital manga magazines / collectives Gen Manga and Comic
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This is a logical extension, as they already sell
manga via the Kindle, the Nook, and their
own eManga site, and
Digital vp Fred Lui told me a few weeks ago that their revenues from the Nook are fast approaching their Kindle sales.
Not to mention the cheap crowd - sourcing already under way with
Digital Manga Guild — it has its
own barrel of pros and cons.
While for me as someone living «overseas», the almost 50 % additional final shipping cost is painful enough, but I feel the price truly most harmful is the cost of faith in
Digital Manga's
own independent abilities.
The company's imprint line includes DMP: its mainstream imprint, DMP PLATINUM: its classic
manga imprint, JUNE»: its boys love imprint, 801 MEDIA: its adult boys love imprint, DokiDoki: its exclusive co-publishing imprint with Shinshokan Publishing, Project - H: its Seinen Hentai
manga imprint powered by 801 Media, DMG: its
own digital distribution initiative, and eManga.com: its online storefront for
digital content.
During the
manga boom, he wrote a
manga series, Ultimo, that was actually published in Japan before making it to the United States.; now that
digital is the Next Big Thing, he has his
own iPad / iPhone app.
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manga distribution site
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Now
Digital is the most digital of all manga publishers, releasing its work on just about every platform there is — Kindle, Nook, its own iOS app (when it's not getting thrown off for the naughty bits), its own eManga website, and just in the past few weeks, iBooks, DriveThruComics and
Digital is the most
digital of all manga publishers, releasing its work on just about every platform there is — Kindle, Nook, its own iOS app (when it's not getting thrown off for the naughty bits), its own eManga website, and just in the past few weeks, iBooks, DriveThruComics and
digital of all
manga publishers, releasing its work on just about every platform there is — Kindle, Nook, its
own iOS app (when it's not getting thrown off for the naughty bits), its
own eManga website, and just in the past few weeks, iBooks, DriveThruComics and Wowio.
For a limited time, beginning today and running through February 20th, the SuBLime Website
Digital Sale will discount every
manga volume from over 50 available yaoi series by $ 1.00 (U.S. / CAN) making most single editions available in a download - to -
own format for only $ 4.99 (U.S. / CAN) each.
This is a big step forward for people feeling they «
own»
digital manga they purchase, though there are no details yet how they plan to prevent piracy of the material.
There's a bunch of new
Digital Manga titles shipping this week, and Viz Media has released their new original - orientation, newly translated and highly spiffy looking omnibus edition of X. CLAMP really
owns the omnibus market here don't they?
Digital manga is still working to come into its
own.
First
Digital Manga expects their
own consumers to provide the labour, and now even the money to print the books...?
Kadokawa publishes a lot of light novels, and they also
own BookWalker, which carries
digital manga and light novels; perhaps there will be some synergy there, with Yen and / or Crunchyroll.
The best feature of all this, of course, is that my purchased
manga is available for me to read on every
digital device I
own — my iPad, iPhone, and computer — allowing me to read it however I want.
Last week, Apple's iBook Author got comics creators thinking about making their
own digital graphic novels,
manga publishers continue to work on improving
digital distribution and Marvel promised big
digital comics news.