4 manga titles? really? man no offence, but your hastings must be small! Both hastings near me have at least 50 to 100 titles!
Downsizing the Science Fiction Section in Bookstores
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4 manga titles? really? man no offence, but your hastings must be small! Both hastings near me have at least 50 to 100 titles!
it's a fairly small one, in a strip mall with an albertsons, a staples and a big 5
Yeah, but a later post says:
Admittedly, all the evidence is a bunch of hearsay.
http://io9.com/5191118/science-fiction-book-sales-went-up-as-the-economy-tanked
Admittedly, all the evidence is a bunch of hearsay.
I've noticed that in Belfast's Waterstones. While the shelves for science fiction and fantasy remain no smaller, the shelves for manga and other graphic novels has doubled in the last year.
I for your sake I hope your jokeing. I take it you didn't hear about that guy who is in legal trouble in ''THIS'' very country for posessing ''OBSCENE'' manga then huh?
A while back I'd heard from Michael Stackpole that the entire publishing business was suffering, not because of the current economic downturn but because the internet, Kindle, & other such developments have totally exploded the existing business model. (He also gave his opinion on the viability of certain literary SF/F genres-- Cyberpunk? Techno-thrillers? Paranormal romance? All glutted & collapsed. The most consistently successful genre is the Tolkien-esque epic fantasy. Military sci-fi comes & goes but seems to be "in" right now. He also noted the continued success of "pet fantasies"-- coming of age stories where the protagonist has a psychic link with an animal, preferably a predator.)
Paranormal seems to be doing all right now, though I wouldn't be surprised if it did explode and collapse.
I for your sake I hope your jokeing. I take it you didn't hear about that guy who is in legal trouble in ''THIS'' very country for posessing ''OBSCENE'' manga then huh?
as long as they steer away from loli/shota there won't be any problems
I hope your kiddingI for your sake I hope your jokeing. I take it you didn't hear about that guy who is in legal trouble in ''THIS'' very country for posessing ''OBSCENE'' manga then huh?
as long as they steer away from loli/shota there won't be any problems
, because I'm not kidding! That's the ''STUFF'' there going after! the guy who is being charged ''could'' get 20 years to life!
I hope your kiddingI for your sake I hope your jokeing. I take it you didn't hear about that guy who is in legal trouble in ''THIS'' very country for posessing ''OBSCENE'' manga then huh?
as long as they steer away from loli/shota there won't be any problems
and put on the sex offender registry, this is that case out in Jersey where the guy was busted for "child porn" cause he had a Loli manga, right?
I belive so,I hope your kidding
and put on the sex offender registry, this is that case out in Jersey where the guy was busted for "child porn" cause he had a Loli manga, right?
however I thought it was in utah ''or'' ohio. That's what I read anyway, was this guy your talking about get busted by the post-master general or something because the ''manga'' in question came from overseas and they check on that sort of thing?
were talking about different cases then I believe, because I think that the one I'm thnking of was a Lawyer in Jersey that got busted for CP posession because he had Loli on his laptop, but I don't remember the case because it was a while ago, so I may have some facts wrong
YEP, where talking about two different cases alright! I will have to find a link about the case I'm talking about, Even Neil Gaimen (creator of Sandman) & the president of dark horse comics talked about this case!
