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davemerrillTo all our readers -
There are now many people unjustly posting copies of manga on the internet. These unjust copies are inconsistent with mangakas’ feelings. They are also distorting the authors’ intentions of “I want the work to be read this way”. The actions of posting these unjust copies on the net, into which the mangakas have poured their hearts, are not only hurting mangakas in real life but are also against the law, even if done in a light-hearted manner. Every time we discover such “unjust copies”, we talk to the mangaka and consider every possible countermeasure. But the number of inconsiderate people is great, and at present we cannot deal with all of them. We have a request for all our readers. The unjust internet copies are deeply hurting the manga culture, mangakas’ rights, and even mangakas’ souls. Please understand once again that all of that is against the law. Also, the mangakas and Shueisha will severely deal with any unjust copies found on the internet. We ask that our readers please continue to support us.
~Weekly Shonen Jump editorial department
From here, and he got it from here.
So now, at least you can't say they didn't ask!
There are now many people unjustly posting copies of manga on the internet. These unjust copies are inconsistent with mangakas’ feelings. They are also distorting the authors’ intentions of “I want the work to be read this way”. The actions of posting these unjust copies on the net, into which the mangakas have poured their hearts, are not only hurting mangakas in real life but are also against the law, even if done in a light-hearted manner. Every time we discover such “unjust copies”, we talk to the mangaka and consider every possible countermeasure. But the number of inconsiderate people is great, and at present we cannot deal with all of them. We have a request for all our readers. The unjust internet copies are deeply hurting the manga culture, mangakas’ rights, and even mangakas’ souls. Please understand once again that all of that is against the law. Also, the mangakas and Shueisha will severely deal with any unjust copies found on the internet. We ask that our readers please continue to support us.
~Weekly Shonen Jump editorial department
From here, and he got it from here.
So now, at least you can't say they didn't ask!
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Date: 2010-04-21 12:21 am (UTC)ETA: and I am an idiot who seemingly can no longer read, as the 'my friend Dave Drake' was in the quotes from Flint. Gaaa. it's true, I'm losing it.
but then again, I'm a terrible person as I can't afford to buy hardcovers and must wait the 14 months (plus or minus) for the paperback version.
(I am also somewhat OCD and once I start a series in PB it's aggravating to have the next volume appear in HC...)
So, about that. I'm convinced that part of the problem in book publishing is the cost of books and how they've stopped being 'cheap disposable' entertainment. While it's true the average book has a greater page count (seems around 400 pages is the norm) then back in the '60s..let me grab something from the stack...here we go, 'Invasion of the Robots', a short story collection edited by Roger Elwood, Paperback Library 1965, price 50 cents for 157 pages and then the '80s we've got 'Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen' by H. Beam Piper, Ace books 1984, $2.75 for 215 pages and now, 400-some, no, let's be specific, 'Dance of Time by Drake and Flint, Baen books 2007, $7.99 for 655 pages. I know, I know adjusting for inflation and all that today's books are a MUCH better value for the money, but the *practical* reality is $8 out of my pocket is alot of money today.
Combine the cost of a book with the decline in bookstores and we're in the same decline cycle that hurts the comic book biz, the anime biz, the toy biz- too few stores selling product thus raising prices which chases away customers causing stores to close making fewer outlets causing higher prices...
(I mean, seriously. Back in the late '70s there was at least a dozen local bookstores as well as two national chains, maybe more. Now there's for all intents, 2. Barnes and Nobel and a local two-store chain.)
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Date: 2010-04-21 03:33 am (UTC)http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/
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Date: 2010-04-21 03:23 pm (UTC)Not that I want to see a return to endless variations of Chris Foss style spaceships that have not a single thing to do with the book...
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Date: 2010-04-29 03:32 pm (UTC)_The Dance of Time_ is a big book, mind - it's the biggest in the series (ish, maybe _The Tide of Victory_ is) and Baen don't really shy from printing flyswats. But I do wonder sometimes what happened to the novella.
I don't know, but I guess in real terms prices now must be higher than in the heyday of the pulps.