Forum - View topicNEWS: State of Publishing in Japan
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Joe Mello
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SJ USA's sale/circ. ratio is 43%, so that makes it seem they're doing above average. I guess the faltering of the manga market can be summed up in one word: oversaturation. |
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isaacada1
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Are you referring to the manga market in Japan or the USA being over saturated?
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Preston
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Is this worrying at all?
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Demaar
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Of course, I'm no marketing guru, nor am I someone who's actually in the know, I'm just saying how I see it. |
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Mohawk52
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I believe it's all down to a global downturn in economies in general. especially in Japan where there is still a recession with lots more losing jobs, and those that still have them tightening their belts and watching their Yen. Also that second hand market has got to have hurt as well. If that new legislation isn't strong enough it will have no effect. Publishers will start weeding out the copies that are just not moving to compensate further causeing the second hand market to flourish.
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Wyvern
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I'm with Mohawk52; this seems to jive with the overall weakening of the global economy.
In any case, at least some of the losses the manga industry have taken have probably been canceled out by the huge gains its made here in North America in recent years, so we don't need to worry that much. |
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nakama
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the number one selling book in japan is harry potter?
if they dont like manga so much why not send it over here more is it just me or is everything in japan faltering |
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stanace
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Their population is faltering
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Joe Mello
Posts: 2312 Location: Online Terminal |
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I still think a bad day in the Japanese economy is better than a good day in the US economy.
And the population decrease isn't necessarily a bad thing....yet. |
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Ktimene's Lover
 Posts: 2242 Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert) |
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Could it be manga is not what it used to be?
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Demaar
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All the stuff I crave and live for, funnily enough
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Hi no Neko
 Posts: 204 Location: Austin, TX |
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Not necessarily. Like it says, Taiwan is the second-largest consumer, with 8% of exports. That means that western countries actually have very small sales numbers compared to Japan. The fandom may be growing in North America, but the number of titles and the amount of money being made is still nowhere near what Japan has, even with this decline. But, yeah, the whole global-economy thing might have something to do with it. Lower wages = less money to spend on comics. |
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hagakure|returns
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Manga Cafe are extremely popular in japan, especially in recent years.
Manga publisher hate manga cafe because they don't pay royaltie to the companies for the book they lend out to people. So manga arn't sold when people are using cafe to read all the manga they want. |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10461 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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You're comparing apple strudel to apple pie. 33% is the average newsstand ratio. 43% is their total ratio (newstand/booktradee) + subscription (not returnable) +direct market (not returnable)). One would hope that their total ratio is above 33% -t |
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Tempest
I Run this place. ANN Publisher Posts: 10461 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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Japan's population decrease is going to be a very big problem. Too many retirees, not enough workforce. -t |
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