Monthly Archives: March 2007

How difficult is licensing Japanese material? Kokoro Media counts the ways.

The big retail news of the past 48 hours is that Borders is changing its strategy, with plans to close 250 of its Waldenbooks stores and focus on its “superstores.” This is generally a strategy I deplore, as I resent … Continue reading →

We e-mailed John O’Donnell of CPM for comment on their issues with Libre and got the same terse reply as everyone else: “We do not comment publicly on licensor issues.” Jordan Marks of Yaoi Suki did a little better and … Continue reading →

I was going to do a roundup post on the BeBeautiful/Libre dustup, but Simon has done it for me, with links to info and commentary and his own insightful analysis as well. (Link is NSFW.) In this week’s Flipped column, … Continue reading →

Check it out at the MangaCast or download it directly from iTunes. This week’s podcast features fewer stories but a little more depth in each one. Links after the cut. Manga Market Meltdown ComiPress: Manga sales are down in Japan. … Continue reading →

ICv2 has the February Diamond sales numbers, and the news is good: graphic novel sales are up 9% over February 2006. As Diamond distributes mainly to comics shops, manga tends to make a poor showing on their graphic novel sales … Continue reading →