Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" short story book
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@unknownmat basically what @LegitPancake said. They can help with gauging interest but ultimately there are no guarantees. (And if I had to guess they probably aren't even close to the biggest factor in what gets picked up—there is still price, publisher relationships, length, how well JNC thinks the series will do beyond the 1% that comments here, etc). But if you are super excited about something, both upvoting and providing a more specific comment(s) about how much you would love to be able to read and buy the series in English, why you think it would fit in well with JNC's current catalogue and base (or fill in a hole?), etc. would probably be best.
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The fact that this licensing request forum even exists means that JNC cares what we want to get licensed. I don't think they would waste their staffs' (moderators') time to play a game where they pretend to care what we think. We're giving them free market research here, so if the research looks good, it would be stupid for them to not utilize it. That is not to say that just spamming the like button and commenting will guarantee that they'll license something, but I assume that a very active thread might rise to their awereness and be the step number one to seeing if licensing something would be profitable for them.
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I would also really like to read these books! I’m totally fine with waiting until the main series is finished though.
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I love these books and want to read everything that I can.
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Please yes please
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What's one more book on top of the pile, really?
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If we can license it, bring it on. I've been having too many weekends lately anyway.
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Just like Rozemyne, bookworm fans are nice. However we show no mercy when it comes to getting what we want. 😂
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@segoth said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
Just like Rozemyne, bookworm fans are nice. However we show no mercy when it comes to getting what we want. 😂
WHAT DO WE WANT?
I wanted to have a witty signature once I saw some of the ones some guys on the Bookworm forums had but None of the ones I thought felt witty enough...
The solution: Fuck it, I'll go Commando! -
@alfonso_rd_36 Lots of books and for people to leave us alone so we can read them, usually.
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@xdrfiredogx said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
@alfonso_rd_36 Lots of books and for people to leave us alone so we can read them, usually.
Gosh darn it! Twarted by the lack of memetics knowledge!
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@quof As Ferdinand would say "take a potion". More seriously, thanks for your speedy translation, and much love.
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This obviously fits right after P4V3 in the timeline (since year 1 at the RA ends with P4V3). I wonder if JNC will get this... (I know we'll find out a few hours before the first part goes live if they do, so that's kind of a rhetorical question).
When Altina pulled this, we got it side by side with the main story volume that was running at that time. With the size of the Bookworm project (and the concurrently running Fanbook 2) I wonder if it would make better sense to do it in place of a main story volume before starting P4V4... or if they could handle all three at once.
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@pcj I think if we do get it we'll get it side-by-side with V4 right after FB2 ends.
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@pcj said in Royal Academy Gaiden 1st year:
if they could handle all three at once.
I mean... are we sure the AoB team even needs sleep at this point? 😁
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@pcj said in Royal Academy Gaiden 1st year:
I wonder if it would make better sense to do it in place of a main story volume before starting P4V4... or if they could handle all three at once.
Quof has already given his opinion on this in the licensing request topic, he believes he can do it.
https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3952/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-gaiden-side-story-book/6?_=1630987086661Quotes for relevance
Excuse me while I vomit up blood.
I imagine if these were to happen I would do them simultaneously with a main volume without slowing down. Now that LDM is caught up I could slip them into the slots where LDM used to be without issue. But deciding that isn't my wheelhouse.
I mean I've been tling Bookworm and LDM side by side for like 2 years, tling a main volume and this gaiden volume is basically the same thing - two LNs at once. It would be pretty uncomfy if it were during another LDM volume but doing it during a gap between LDM volumes would be standard stuff.
LDM is currently doing a volume (p1 of 10 out), so after that and fanbook vol2 finishes, and then Quof takes a brief nap, it's certainly possible. Kier might actually be more the issue of working on 2 volumes at once, but they could potentially give Gaiden a different editor if he can't? That's obviously not something they can discuss much publicly.
EDIT: should've continued further on, Kier also said he was up for it in the thread. So no guarantee due to licensing involved, but it's certainly something the Bookworm team is willing to do, giving us two volumes at once.
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@alfonso_rd_36 said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
@segoth said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
Just like Rozemyne, bookworm fans are nice. However we show no mercy when it comes to getting what we want. 😂
WHAT DO WE WANT?
More Bookworm Books!
WHEN DO WE WANT THEM?
Real Soon Now!
(Overheard at the Yoyodyne chapter of the Honzuki Fan Club.)
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@thubar2000 said in Royal Academy Gaiden 1st year:
Chapter titles in the spoiler links, very roughly translated.
OMG, want!!!
