Amazon has recently decided to exercise their policy regarding explicit material to remove a selection of
yaoi manga from the Kindle Store, much to the dismay of a vocal set of Kindle owning manga enthusiasts and anti-censorship enthusiasts.
It's a great idea, although the key is getting bigger publishers to participate, since j - comi mostly carries old OOP manga and the Digital Manga Guild seems to only have the rights to some obscure
yaoi manga from smaller publishers.
Fans will swoon over the latest JUNJO ROMANTICA, laugh through several unique short story collections, and fall in love with all new
yaoi manga from Japan.
Not exact matches
Viz is working with the Japanese retailer Animate (which has been publishing
yaoi manga for the Kindle for a while now) and the publisher Libre, but they can license books
from other publishers as well.
You can also purchase tons of boys» love titles to read on Kindle (which also includes Kindle apps you have on your computer instead of purchasing the device) including lots
from Digital
Manga,
Yaoi Press and the now defunct Deux Press.
Charles Tan continues the horror with Uzumaki Vol 2
from Viz while John Thomas takes a flight on All Nippon Airline: Paradise at 30,000 Feet for some
Yaoi comedy
from Digital
Manga Publishing.
Digital
Manga Publishing, which puts out several lines of
yaoi, ranging
from the fairly tame June imprint to the pretty steamy 801, posted this notice on its blog yesterday:
Both of these
yaoi titles
from Digital
Manga are as sugary sweet as their titles imply.
Title: In the Walnut Author: Toko Kawai Publisher: Digital
Manga Publishing, on their Juné imprint Volume: Volume 1 Vintage: 2002 in Japan, January 2010
from Digital
Manga Genre:
Yaoi (very mild, not explicit, 16 +), romance, a little drama (but not «omg drama «drama)
Semi-related, recently The
Yaoi Review posted this information
from Digital
Manga's newsletter regarding one of their DMP's light novel releases, The Lonely Egotist:
-LSB-...] Pattillo notes that Digital
Manga has shifted Starry ☆ Sky
from their
yaoi imprint June to their DMP line, which makes sense as the series is not a BL -LSB-...]
The first four books are now available
from SuBLime
Manga, Viz's yaoi manga partnership announced in Nove
Manga, Viz's
yaoi manga partnership announced in Nove
manga partnership announced in November.
I had the impression that the Digital
Manga imprint was for shonen - ai (or «
yaoi lite», boy / boy stories without the sex), but it seems that it's instead intended to be «the gateway
from shojo to
yaoi», romance stories of any kind for teens.
Among the many digital titles that will be on sale on the SuBLime website are several that are sure to capture the attention and accolades of
yaoi fans such as NIGHTS by Kou Yoneda, along with license rescues EMBRACING LOVE by Youka Nitta and LOVE PISTOLS by Tarako Kotobui, in addition to dozens more
from a cadre of top
yaoi manga creators including Hinako Takanaga, est em, Suzuki Tanaka, Tetuzoh Okadaya, and many more.
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.
Amazon.ca brings us a handful of new boys» love titles this Tuesday
from yaoi - behemoth, Digital
Manga.
Welcome back to another double dose of
yaoi goodies
from Digital
Manga Publishing!
It's a
yaoi double feature today, with two titles
from Digital
Manga Publishing.
Best new
yaoi title: In the Walnut
from Digital
Manga Publishing.
Gay, lesbian and straight
manga experts and readers got together to discuss
yaoi and yuri
manga from the gay and lesbian point of view.