Sol Press Discussion Thread
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I'd like them to rebound from whatever this is, if for no other reason than that they're one of the only visual novel companies taking requests afaik (whether those requests lead to actual licenses or no, it's still nice to see they have a portal for some fan requests should they choose to use it; they also have a Discord should anyone want to chat with them).
We actually have quite a few LN companies that take requests now fortunately, so I'm not too worried about losing our voice as fans there. Losing competition and someone who would grab those more niche licenses would not be great though of course.
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I’ll say that I was having questions about Sol Press long before Steiner was even involved with then AFAIK. Their problems have little to do with him and a whole lot more to do with the fact that Strongest Gamer and Battle Divas came out April 2018 and we haven’t seen any LNs released from them since. In an industry where Yen Press is considered way too slow with 3-4/year, this is going to be a major hurdle to overcome. I want them to get their shit together because I really want to read 80k Gold, but at this point it’s going to take real releases happening on a consistent schedule to build themselves as a contender in the LN scene. Right now, they seem like they’ve bit off far more than they can chew and instead of building the sort of infrastructure they need, they’ve doubled down on their problems by taking on even more licenses.
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Well, I don't even consider Sol a light novel publisher yet...
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They locked up a whole bunch of LN licenses that other companies wanted (and bid on), so there isn't going to be any other legal way for us to read 80k if they don't ever actually get the LN volumes out.
In other words, it doesn't matter if they're considered an LN publisher. They secured LN licenses. Nobody else can publish those books but them.
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@guspaz said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
They locked up a whole bunch of LN licenses that other companies wanted (and bid on), so there isn't going to be any other legal way for us to read 80k if they don't ever actually get the LN volumes out.
In other words, it doesn't matter if they're considered an LN publisher. They secured LN licenses. Nobody else can publish those books but them.
This so much. Basically why I was so angry with 7s? For a while. Locking shinigami no ballad.
Sol press is now in a position to lock 80k
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Well thankfully 80k is only releasing about 1-2 volumes each year, with 4 released as of January 2019, so in theory SOL Press shouldn't have that much of a problem catching up. But this is SOL Press we are talking about...
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@legitpancake Well... if they release 1 volume every year like they've done so far, they'll never catch up anyway. Unless, as I said above, the series ends, that is 😋
I really hope that they get everything working properly and are able to publish volumes more quickly. But for now, I don't see much hope 🙄
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I want to fall in love with this gal. Let's hope they reorganize quickly so we can. xC
Volume 2 of "Why Shouldn’t a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?!" releases on the 1st of February in Japan.
https://bookwalker.jp/de342a040c-e54d-4d92-9d32-eb4cf3842de2/?acode=WpfPW3yk
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@guspaz said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
They locked up a whole bunch of LN licenses that other companies wanted (and bid on), so there isn't going to be any other legal way for us to read 80k if they don't ever actually get the LN volumes out.
In other words, it doesn't matter if they're considered an LN publisher. They secured LN licenses. Nobody else can publish those books but them.Duh. I meant that since they don't have anything even remotely interesting for me and since I doubt that they'll ever release light novels with a decent schedule, it's hard for me to even consider them a player on the market yet. Not that they are universally not considered a light novel publisher, there's no such clear division. As I said before, the best thing to hope for, in this case, is that they'll focus on the things they are more suited for (like visual novels) and stop "locking licenses". I'll be fairly shocked if they actually finish 80k.
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@terrence Yes that is a title I want to read too; the premise seems both cute and funny. They also have Mitsuha (short name @ novelupdates) another work by FUNA, I read the fan-translation and really enjoyed it at the time.
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For those that want to read 80k they have the manga version as well and the first volume is out digitally. I read it and its a really fun read. The main character is cute and I love her plans to make 80k in the fantasy isekai world. I'm sure that Sol press will sort things out when it comes to releasing light novels and manga books on a more regular schedule.
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That VN they're Kickstarting has a trailer.
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Manga version of that Demon Lord Orphanage one is in planning in Japan.
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Oh thats cool news, I believe this series is pretty new right? Maybe if its keeps doing well it will also get an anime. Looking forward to checking this one out later.
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Sol Press officially confirms progress on the three light novels that were delayed.
Why Shouldn’t a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?!:
Translation and Editing in progress
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement
Translation and Editing in progress
Redefining the Meta at VRMMO Academy
Translation and Editing in progress
https://solpress.co/blog/553/sol-press-weekly-roundup-02-11-2019
One of their Visual Novels planned to release soon was delayed though (that "One Wing" one), and the others that hadn't started yet still aren't being worked on.
Still positive sign that they are progressing with translation of those LN.
Strongest Gamer 2 and Battle Divas 2 are in typesetting (QA done).
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@terrence said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
Strongest Gamer 2 and Battle Divas 2 are in typesetting (QA done).
That has been the status of those 2 volumes since the December 14, 2018 “weekly roundup”
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@rahul-balaggan said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
@terrence said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
Strongest Gamer 2 and Battle Divas 2 are in typesetting (QA done).
That has been the status of those 2 volumes since the December 14, 2018 “weekly roundup”
Yeah, I was going to ask if that was the case...
How long does typesetting usually take? =(
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@terrence A year and a half minimum. ;)
