Make a new topic for each series suggestion!
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@myskaros I think we could have a Table of Contents topic in the Licensing Suggestions. This way when we want to find a certain series or see if one has been suggested yet we can go there and see it there without the need to scroll down to find your list or even check each individual suggestion (I have been using the search function to check if anyone has suggested what I plan to suggest so there is that too). Maybe we can create one ourselves or there could be a more official one (probably someone like @Sam-Pinansky could make) but this is a good Idea to have. I also think having the English and Romanized Japanese titles would be good since people may know the English Title but not the Japanese Title and vice versa.
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@drone205 said in Make a new topic for each series suggestion!:
Romanized Japanese titles would be good since people may know the English Title but not the Japanese Title and vice versa.
I actually ran into this myself for a series I submitted myself. XD
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@aruseus493 yeah I try to put in both if I can find the Romanized Title, I put the English as the Header and the Romanized in Bold part of the post, Maybe I should change it to where both are in the title.
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From Curiosity Cat:
So what do you think of all the series being suggested in the licensing section of the Forums so far? Like has anything interesting popped up?
You people have good taste.
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From Curiosity Cat:
Have any of the new licensing request posts convinced you yet to pick something up?
Some have convinced me I made the right choices.
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@rahul-balaggan said in Make a new topic for each series suggestion!:
@bloodygaikotsu said in Make a new topic for each series suggestion!:
@fozzedout
I don't think GA is really that against digital only.
After all, It's publisher of Ryuuou no Oshigoto!I did say this was information from back when JNC was founded so almost 2 years ago.
For the record it's Shogakukan that Sam mentioned recently was against digital-only (or rather, anything digital).
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@stardf29 Shogakukan has been mentioned as a licensing issue for a while now nothing new, and again going back almost 2 years it has been said that Softbank also had issues with digital only.
They might have let Bookwalker license 1 title (Bookwalker being an enormous powerhouse that Softbank already has long standing ties to in Japan) but as of yet JNC still hasn't climbed that wall.
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Posting a suggestion that locked topics be knocked off the sub-forum into some other, that way more unlicensed stuff floats to the top. I typically sort by most votes cause it's interesting but at some point, Sam will have licensed everything on the first page creating a weird locked sub-forum.
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I am wondering, would it be ok to make a post about a type of LN we would like to see? Like if I want to see more Shojo titles or if I want to see pure MMO LN I make a post about that where the discussion stays on that one point. I think this type of thing can work as there are so many LN that JNC can get titles based of these type of posts but people may not have suggested them yet.
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Campione Light Novel
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Humans are the Strongest Race ~Starting a Slow Life with an Elf Wife in a Different World Light Novel
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Tenchi Muyo! GXP Light Novels
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Farming Life in Another World - Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Light Novel
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The Testament of Sister New Devil
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maybe a place where we can take polls to help decide what series everybody would want J-Novel to translate. It will give us a chance for us to hopefully have one of the novels we really wanted to get translated a chance. Plus it gives a chance to look a different types of light novels so we can try new light novels.
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@jjch102296 Each title nominated in the suggestions forum has a place to up-vote it in the lower right corner of the first message. Right next to "Reply Quote", the "^(number)" is how many votes it's gotten. Click the "^" to add your vote.
And you might want to read this:
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@jjch102296 said in Make a new topic for each series suggestion!:
Plus it gives a chance to look a different types of light novels so we can try new light novels.
What JNC is doing right now will give readers a chance to try new different light novels, a pure voting system would lead to the most “popular” light novels getting licensed and nothing that is truly niche, and small time.
Many of the titles JNC has right now such as Der Werewolf, Elf-San, infinite Dendrogram, etc. would probably not have been licensed as early as they were if at all.
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@someoldguy how many votes does it take for them to consider it? I was thinking about a couple of light novels I want J-Novel to pick up.
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True Tenchi Muyo gxp
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Isekai Nonbiri Nouka = Farming Life in Another World
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Saikyou no Shuzoku ga Ningen datta Ken = Humans are the Strongest Race ~Starting a Slow Life with an Elf Wife in a Different World~
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Campione
Those are a few that i can think of off the top of my head
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@jjch102296 said in Make a new topic for each series suggestion!:
@someoldguy how many votes does it take for them to consider it? I was thinking about a couple of light novels I want J-Novel to pick up.
There is no set “number of votes” that will make a title considerable for licensing, technically all titles that JNC has access to are “potential” licensing material. Wether the a title has a suggestion topic or not, whether a topic has 1 vote or 100 votes will only make a minor difference in whether it is licensed or not.
Personally speaking I feel that the suggestion subform is just like an extra padding of reassurance after a license acquisition is already moving forward.
I will repeat what I said in a different thread to you:
@rahul-balaggan said in suggestion: Tenchi Muyo! GXP Light novels:@jjch102296
there is probably little that individuals can do to persuade JNC to license any particular title.It all comes down to what they actually have access to license, and what the people in charge feel will be a profitable seller.
It has been said before but these suggestion topics are just 1 small part of many things that go into deciding what JNC licenses.
Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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@rahul-balaggan still it doesn't make it any less frustrating. I mean if they would notify someone saying a number of votes will get interested and would consider it more likely. Or they would tell us that the novel we want isn't able to be able to license by J-Novel. I am really sorry but I am the impatient type.
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Lol maybe 1.5k upvotes would be a deal maker.
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@jjch102296 said in Make a new topic for each series suggestion!:
@rahul-balaggan still it doesn't make it any less frustrating. I mean if they would notify someone saying a number of votes will get interested and would consider it more likely. Or they would tell us that the novel we want isn't able to be able to license by J-Novel. I am really sorry but I am the impatient type.
They have licensed books that don't even have a suggestion topic, and they have licensed books that have a ton of votes. Nothing you do can guarantee anything from JNC's side, and they oftentimes can't discuss details on their dealings in order to maintain good relationships with LN companies.
novel we want isn't able to be able to license by J-Novel
Frankly, they do tell us this stuff, just not necessarily on the forums. You can follow their Twitter or CuriousCat for these kinds of tidbits. Otherwise, just pay attention to the licensing discussions that have gone on.
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Would it be worth having a poll within the topic itself, to assist in guaging onsite engagement with any particular suggestion.
Maybe, like.
Would you buy 100%
Does this sound interesting
Not InterestedAs the options. This then can be compared against the viewership on any particular thread and other analytic information that JNC collects, in the future that allows for proper weighting.
For example, with enough data it may prove that the people who vote on these are a % against total engagement (viewership of the thread), but a different % in relation to actual volume sales, and this would allow for a better way of understanding the value of the poll if any, and how it should be weighted when making business decisions surrounding licensing.
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@Tremarl Sounds interesting though there are 2 main issues that I can see. One is that seems like the way polls work, that would be up to whoever makes the topic to set up, the second is that I wonder how many people would actually vote? Even with the upvote to show support system we have now, the vast majority of suggestions (even ones where they do eventually get licensed by JNC) typically have very low participation anyway.
I know there's a post around here somewhere, but it basically says that licensing suggestions topics are more of a way for staff to know there's at least some pre-existing support for a license because these topics only have an incredibly minuscule weight when it comes to licensing decisions.
