Forum - View topicNEWS: New Manga Launch on U.S. Kindle, iPhone, Nokia Ovi
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rankothefiremage
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I'd love to get some manga on my kindle, but not BL titles.
Hell if viz put naurto or the like on the Kindle it would be great and save me a ton of shelf space. |
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gartholamundi
 Posts: 316 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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after the iPad improves in further generations, i can already tell that's going to be my e-manga reader of choice.
large, light screen. beam me up, Mr. Jobs. |
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agila61
 Posts: 3213 Location: NE Ohio |
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Does anyone know if the Kindle app for Windows have 90 degree rotation or panel by panel "nextpage" for manga?
Without one or the other, it seems likely to be a real PITA on a netbook. |
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TC-man
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So many opportunities, but no-one did make use of them. And now Crunchyroll is doing it. But how? Hiring ex-scanlators and translators while negotiating with the Japanese publishers or even directly to the mangakas? I guess skipping the publishers will make the mangas online more affordable for everyone (I hope).
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LKK
 Posts: 426 Location: Virginia, USA |
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I can't say whether the Kindle app for Windows has a 90 degree rotation. (My desktop monitor doesn't rotate. LOL) But I can say the Kindle app doesn't offer a panel by panel viewing option. Or I should say that the Comicloud manga doesn't offer such an option. Other manga might have the option, I don't know. |
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Encyclopedia Editor
 Posts: 1017 Location: mitten-state |
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According to the interview, Crunchyroll has no plans to license manga for distribution here—they are only providing a service/platform that other publishers can make use of, on that publisher's own website or wherever. There was something in there about offering translation service to publishers (with Crunchyroll's freelance translators I guess), but that's it. So no talk of "skipping the publishers" here. |
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gartholamundi
Posts: 316 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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That's the way I heard it too, on the recent(ish) ANNCast. Very computer-engineering oriented. And good for them. Hope it works out well. |
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suzyk
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Finally! Kind of upset it took them this long, though. I hope they'll have some popular series up there soon. I initially thought that Crunchyroll would distribute manga. Too bad. In any case, I hope many publishers will put the platform to use.
Time to get my dad's Kindle out. And iPod Touch. 
Last edited by suzyk on Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:07 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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wandering-dreamer
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Glad to hear that companies are taking the next steps forward, come on guys, you can do this!
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sailorneorune
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Some stinking cell phone gets Appleseed, and Kindle owners get more yaoi.
Something is very wrong here. 
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Mr. sickVisionz
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If this is on the Kindle then I will seriously consider buying one. If it launches with Naruto and Bleach then I'll buy one tomorrow.
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gorbal
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I think the lead character in "Akward silence" is autistic. It is such a sweet love story, with quite a bit of depth; but why the unecessary sex scenes?
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PrimalX3
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This news is great, and I hope that crunchyroll starts it soon, I really want to know what's happening over there. I want to know in a legit manner too.
Until then, I hope I don't see any avatars or sigs that might spoil the story for me. |
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