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J-Novel Club Announces New 'Knight' BL Imprint
posted on by Alex Mateo
U.S. light novel and manga publishing company J-Novel Club announced on Friday during the MCM London Comic Con event a new boys' love (BL) imprint "Knight." New series are slated to launch with the new imprint in early 2025.
J-Novel Club launched in October 2016. The company releases light novels and manga digitally. Membership to its service gives subscribers access to a new chapter a week for all its series.
Kadokawa acquired J-Novel Club in 2021.
J-Novel Club reached a print distribution agreement ealier this year with Hachette Book Group via Yen Press and Diamond Book Distributors. Hachette will distribute all of J-Novel Club's frontlist and backlist titles in North America while Diamond Book will handle international sales.
Source: J-Novel Club's X/Twitter account
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