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kuri-ousity.com - 11/18/2009

Omnibus: The New Manga Frontier?

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Omnibus releases are not a new thing to the manga world but with recent changes in the economy and buyer habits, they're becoming more and common. In fact in the past year alone it's become evident that more than a few publishers are turning more and more of their attention ...

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japanator.com - 11/19/2009

Omnibus Manga: Big books for your bucks!

— japanator.com — One of the nice things about reading books like Les Miserables , Anna Karenina and The Canterbury... Tales (and yes, I have read all of those) is that they're so big it makes you look smart. Thick books have a tendency to make other people assume the best about your IQ. So what happens when you ... (more) Omnibus Manga: Big books for your bucks!

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manga.jadedragononline.com - 11/22/2009

This Week in Manga 11/14-11/20/09

— manga.jadedragononline.com — No Manga Love from the New York Times…Again This week the New York Times released their holiday... gift guide for graphic novels , and it should come as no surprise to anything that follows the NYT’s blog that manga doesn’t get any ... (more) This Week in Manga 11/14-11/20/09

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Waiting for the omnibus
MangaBlog — David Welsh and Ben Huber check out this week’s new releases. Also, today’s edition of David’s shoujo/sunjeong alphabet is sponsored by the letter F. Lissa Pattillo checks the retail sites and finds a number of possible omnibus editions in the works. Viz editor Andy Nakatani talks to CBR’s Danica Davidson about Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto. Yamila Abraham of Yaoi Press has an interesting proposition: She wants to team up with Digital to sell Kindles preloaded with yaoi to overseas ...

Omnibus Manga: Big books for your bucks!
Japanator — ... They're called omnibus additions and Kuriousity has published an article musing about whether or not these will take off. There are definite pluses (more for your money, more books in one place) and minuses (they can be big and clunky, plus you might get fewer colored pages). The article lists a number of places trying out omnibus manga to see how it goes with buyers.  For instance, TOKYOPOP has it going with Tsubasa: Those With Wings and Fruits Basket. Digital Manga Publishing is putting the series Yellow and Little Butterfly into ...

This Week in Manga 11/14-11/20/09
Manga Xanadu — ... Del Rey.  Not reprints like Viz Media has been doing with their BIG editions or Tokyopop’s Ultimate editions.  These are first time printings, often completing a series.  We got the first inklings of these with Del Rey’s announcement that they would complete some of the Kodansha titles that Tokyopop lost as omnibus editions.  But these omnibus editions that Lissa found have neither been announced nor confirmed by Del Rey (who remained strangely silent on the issue).  In her post, Lissa posits an interesting thought; is it preferable to get a series ...