Bonus Premium content wish list
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@rahul-balaggan right. "Premium Edition" aka JNC sales exclusive. I tend to mix it up, since recently a bunch more of titles were released as premiums, despite not having any bonus contents. Made me confused what makes them "premium" compared to "normal".
@rahul-balaggan said in Bonus Premium content wish list:
And yes anyone who downloaded it the first day got to keep it but it was less then 10 users I believe
Again, such information makes you appreciate JNC more and more.
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I'm sure there are pro's and con's for each type of bonus content, for example:
- bonus short stories and illustrations need to be licensed, and may have an additional cost or restrictions
- JNC created content requires staff obligations/hours for content creation (and might not line up with expertise on hand, or resource availability i.e. translators gotta translate, not annotate??)
- maps might not exist (and would quality of in house art be 'up to snuff'?)
- software/coding licensing costs (in addition to the licensing costs of the content) might make promotional materials (even print at home versions) too expensive?
*does JNC have the expertise (or license) to create derivative works? (audio cd's, audiobooks, digital manga w/ audio, whatever)
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@jon-mitchell Yup, always trade-offs. :)
I'm not sure where 'software/coding' comes into play with promotional materials, though; I'm thinking of straight translations of things like print ads/magazine articles. The kind of thing that can be distributed as part of a standard ePub. Trying to reproduce Japanese publisher's website banner ads strikes me as a road to madness. ^^;;
Interesting question about whether JNC has the ability (technically and legally) to produce 'multimedia' works (as opposed to 'standard ePub') - particularly as part of standard production, instead of one-off things like the Rokujouma kickstarter. I suspect it's not feasible as a regular production item, as opposed to one-offs... at least without a major expansion of JNC as a company, and that ain't easy.
My thoughts on 'drama CDs' is much simpler - an official translation of the script, maaaaybe with an included digital copy of the audio. Honestly, I'd prefer that to a subtitled MP4; I can read it at my own pace and without needing to hook up headphones in public.
...Cats are the proof of a higher purpose to the universe.
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@serah at the very least they are DRM-free and cost less if you're premium member.
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@paulnamida I do not mind DRM, and the pricing on amazon turned out more than often cheaper than the 6 USD + exchange fees. Bonus short stories is the only incentive I see in "premium" ebooks so far ~
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@travis-butler said in Bonus Premium content wish list:
'software/coding' comes into play with promotional materials
if I'm going to create a "print at home" bookmark - I might need to make it a 'use once" .pdf (like a coupon)
that needs adobe license and maybe something else. What about content creation of posters (photoshop?) -
@jon-mitchell Ahhh. Makes more sense now. Frankly, I’d rather see them stay from that kind of ‘print once’ content anyway; seems like the kind of thing where it’d be a hassle all around.
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@Jon-Mitchell @Travis-Butler I will break out the horns and pitchfork and point out that what you describe sounds an awful lot like DRM. Let's not open that particular box, Pandora.
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@paul-nebeling Yup. It really doesn't fit with their policies otherwise. Which is why I called it 'a hassle all around'. ^^;;
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Bonus stories is always the best bonus.
Bonus images are also good.It would be good to get audio CDs, even just an adaption of the transcript would be good.
For me, I just wish that the translator notes on the series that do have them (eg. Outbreak Company) would have the notes linked to the sentence that the note is about. If you could just quickly select the note, and then go back to the appropriate line in the book, that would be great.
At the moment I don't even bother using them because they are at the end of the book and by that point I won't remember much of what they were talking about at the time.
It's too much effort and too time consuming to be constantly scrolling back and forth from the page you are on to the Translator Notes and back while on a phone.
It's fine for physical like in SNAFU since I usually keep my bookmark in the translator notes and just keep track of what page the next note is for. It's not really possible to do this with a digital book. -
In my eyes bonus stories and bonus illustrations are always the best.
