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    • SomeOldGuyS
      SomeOldGuy Premium Member
      last edited by

      I've been looking at the Toradora LNs for some time. But I haven't decided whether I want to buy the kindle edition (with DRM), or dead tree, because the DTE is cheaper at rightstufanime.com (with GotAnime discount) than the kindle edition.

      I keep thinking, "DTE because it's cheaper and I can share it", then I do something like go try to organize my book shelves, and think, "Why do I need MORE paper here?"

      Not going to order Monogatori digital, though... Already have DTE of everything that's been released.

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      • HyperionH
        Hyperion Member @HamsterExAstris
        last edited by Hyperion

        @hamsterexastris
        I don't know if this is the final price or if they'll change it later, but right now most of the digital Bake, Nise, and Neko novels are listed on Amazon at $4.99. The most affordable digital novels yet.

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        • TerrenceT
          Terrence Premium Member
          last edited by Terrence

          Looks like that's a special. They're 4.99 on Google too (priced down from 10.99).

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          • HyperionH
            Hyperion Member
            last edited by Hyperion

            Yep, Terrence is right. The first season or the first 7 books are 50% off through 6/11. https://kodanshacomics.com/2019/06/05/monogatari-ebooks-nisioisin/

            Makes me wonder if this means the Monogatari novels could be included in Kodansha's frequent digital sales like other Vertical titles have been.

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            • HyperionH
              Hyperion Member
              last edited by Hyperion

              I feel like I'm spamming this topic but, Yen Press is officially announcing the digital releases of their Shogakukan titles! It feels like Christmas.
              https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/1136357934940807169

              Looks like just Oregairu and ImoSae for now. Hopefully Tomozaki will come soon.

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              • NosgorothN
                Nosgoroth Premium Member @Hyperion
                last edited by

                @hyperion Please do spam this thread!

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                • TerrenceT
                  Terrence Premium Member
                  last edited by

                  No Tomozaki-kun PR confirmation yet?

                  They did announce A Sister Is all You Need digital.

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                  • HyperionH
                    Hyperion Member @Terrence
                    last edited by Hyperion

                    @terrence
                    Unfortunately not today. Maybe they're waiting until its release next month?

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                    • Aruseus493A
                      Aruseus493
                      last edited by

                      I think they didn't announce the digital listing of Tomozaki because most people aren't like us that know about publisher restrictions. I mean, they have a digital listing for it on their site. But for the average reader, they probably wouldn't realize it wasn't getting a digital release before.

                      My Light Novel List

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                      • HyperionH
                        Hyperion Member @Aruseus493
                        last edited by Hyperion

                        @aruseus493
                        Only those who prefer digital would care I guess. I find it interesting that Yen Press specifically mentioned Shogakukan in the original post and not left it as "here's 4 manga/light novels we got digital for." Most people probably don't care about the Japanese publisher or would even know what it meant to get digital from them.

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                        • TerrenceT
                          Terrence Premium Member
                          last edited by Terrence

                          Yeah, I was surprised too.

                          The bigger thing that this does is potentially signal that this may open that publisher up to working with Western licensors who have to have digital versions alongside any physical release (like JNC and seemingly Sol Press).

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                          • TheRedJetT
                            TheRedJet
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                            Yen Press is suddenly anouncing 3 new licences for December...now lets wait if there is a LN!! :D

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                            • NosgorothN
                              Nosgoroth Premium Member
                              last edited by

                              Did we know that Tomozaki gets digital? I asked Yen Press on Twitter and they said it will.

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                              • TerrenceT
                                Terrence Premium Member
                                last edited by

                                It was hinted at by listings, but they didn't confirm it in the previous digital announcements of that label's books.

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                                • Crimson WiseC
                                  Crimson Wise Premium Member
                                  last edited by Crimson Wise

                                  Man, just looked at the Anime Expo schedule and those hours are annoying if you're in Europe. Hoping that there will be recordings.

                                  For reference:

                                  • VIZ - July 04, 12:30 PDT / 19:30 UTC
                                  • Yen Press - July 04, 13:30 PDT / 20:30 UTC
                                  • Square Enix - July 05, 16:00 PDT / 23:00 UTC (thanks @Aruseus493)
                                  • Seven Seas - July 05, 19:00 PDT / 02:00 UTC
                                  • Kodansha & Vertical - July 06, 15:00 PDT / 22:00 UTC
                                  • J-Novel Club - July 06, 17:30 PDT / 00:30 UTC
                                  • Sol Press - July 06, 22:00 PDT / 05:00 UTC

                                  Quof got a break.
                                  WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THAT FREAKING BLACK DRAGON?!

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                                  • TerrenceT
                                    Terrence Premium Member
                                    last edited by Terrence

                                    I've heard some publishers say they won't be recording (per Anime Expo rules?). So I don't know how much video content there will be this year. =[

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                                    • HarunaChiePH
                                      HarunaChieP
                                      last edited by

                                      I'll wait for the news and if someone livetweets the announcements, the better especially if recording is not possible

                                      Mostly lurking these days 👀 Anything about Otherside Picnic, feel free to ask me

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                                      • Aruseus493A
                                        Aruseus493 @Crimson Wise
                                        last edited by

                                        @crimson-wise

                                        Don't forget Square Enix since they recently announced their entry into Manga/LN Publishing for the English Market.

                                        • Square Enix - July 05, 16:00 PDT / 23:00 UTC

                                        My Light Novel List

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                                        • J
                                          Jagd Mirage
                                          last edited by

                                          So the VIZ and Yen Press panels are today

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                                          • kinoK
                                            kino
                                            last edited by

                                            One day, Kino's Journey, one of these days... ;_;

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