So I'm guessing it's more likely we'll see it for an assortment of SJump series that are not in Shonen Jump USA at the moment, but have big online followings, or are newly launched in Japan, thus allowing VIZ to pull a Rinne, and capture the online market for the title in it's entirety, and not have to compete
with scanlation sites that also host copies of it.
Not exact matches
After two years of double digit declines in sales of manga, American manga publishers have formed a coalition
with their Japanese counterparts to battle the illegal Internet distribution of unlicensed manga via
scanlation sites where translated versions of manga often appear just days after publication in Japan.
I agree
with you that there is a divide between the
scanlation community and the people who read the aggregation
sites, and that for the serious scanlators and readers, quality is of paramount importance.
They will all be working in concert
with US manga publishers Vertical Inc., Viz Media, Tokyopop and Yen Press to bring legal action to a slew of
scanlation sites.