Comments on: Manga On Demand

By: Vampt Vo

Vampt Vo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:13 +0000

Wow, that’s a fantastic idea! I’d definitely start doing pre-orders if they would help my favorite series survive. I see way too much whining about anime and manga distribution from people online, without enough folks actually paying any money to support the stuff that they presumably love so much.

By: Katherine Dacey

Katherine Dacey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:13:53 +0000

Great points, Lori! I’m going to go share this with the Twitterverse.

By: Brand

Brand — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:33:59 +0000

Considering Kindaichi, Genju no Seiza and Suppli were all titles I was collecting I would totally would go for a print on demand for these titles. I was pre-ordering though previews when I worked at my local comic book shop. I would love to be able to finish Kindaichi which only had a few more volumes to go.

By: Brian Henderson

Brian Henderson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:49:24 +0000

That’s a good idea, one that I’ve thought would work even better is combining your pre-order idea and something similar to the VIZBIG model and for short, already completed series, just release the entire thing at one time. One big worry is always that a series will never be entirely released, this way we know that it’s already done and on bookstore shelves. The company makes enough money up-front (hopefully with a healthy discount given for pre-ordering the set) to print everything and everyone is happy.

But no, they’ll never think of that, they’re too tied in to the current business model.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:10:23 +0000

Pre-order, pre-pay, whatever plan Tokyopop could put in place to see that new volumes of Genju no Seiza arrive in my hand, I would happily take the opportunity! Fingers crossed?