Sol Press Discussion Thread
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@harmlessdave
I don't see mentioned anywhere that they failed to pay royalties, (it is possible, after all they they stiffed on paying taxes/contractors/staff) but not paid royalties? I'm guessing (if they paid anything at all) they paid royalties-then they could keep the grift going- get a license, sell, not pay workforce, repeat...but if they couldn't get material to translate it would fall apartI read banned books
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@jon-mitchell said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
I don't see mentioned anywhere that they failed to pay royalties
It was heavily implied in this tweet: https://twitter.com/Kiriya_Aoi9/status/1454870920322076674
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@jon-mitchell
Newton and the Apple Tree game got pulled from stores.
When asked "why", admin of JAST (VN distributor and publisher) discord server answered "Be good and pay your royalties, folks".
There's also this tweet from NekoNyan employee from few days before game got removed. -
there you go then- not paying royalties either.
well, then looks like they didn't pay anyone? (something tells me that someone at Sol's upper management got some $$, embezzled or otherwise) - so Sol is dead - maybe the Japanese IP owners can avoid probate etc. and relicense sooner this way? (as there was breach of contract, not just bankruptcy) -
@wellwisher said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
@jon-mitchell
Newton and the Apple Tree game got pulled from stores.
When asked "why", admin of JAST (VN distributor and publisher) discord server answered "Be good and pay your royalties, folks".
There's also this tweet from NekoNyan employee from few days before game got removed.I'm glad I managed to catch news of NewRin being removed from steam, before they did the same at JAST. I bought it and I've been playing it for a while now and I really enjoy it so far. It is a real shame that it has been removed from stores...
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@amakaze said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
@wellwisher said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
@jon-mitchell
Newton and the Apple Tree game got pulled from stores.
When asked "why", admin of JAST (VN distributor and publisher) discord server answered "Be good and pay your royalties, folks".
There's also this tweet from NekoNyan employee from few days before game got removed.I'm glad I managed to catch news of NewRin being removed from steam, before they did the same at JAST. I bought it and I've been playing it for a while now and I really enjoy it so far. It is a real shame that it has been removed from stores...
If the allegation about non-payment is true, then sadly it is a pirate release :(
If true, it's a shame Sol didn't do something like a GoFundMe to at least pay their royalties and the translation teams.
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And the first thing I have heard on the company recently was an article about Rakudai entering its final arc.
But a recent update defined it's ambiguous status with a change from "is publishing" to "was publishing"
Still makes me a sad panda, I guess I will be back to struggling to translate the series in slow time. -
I had been wondering why 80k hadn't had more releases and just got into strongest gamer. Here is hoping stuff starts getting rescued D:
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@Ditimiss There's a chance that Strongest Gamer and Battle Divas will be pulled down from the stores very soon, so you'd have to hurry and buy what you want to while it is still avalialiable.
I did not recieve this message myself since I don't buy stuff on bookwalker, but several people mentioned that they got these notifications
[NOTICE] Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World series to be removed from BOOK☆WALKER
Feb 07, 2022 (05:00 AM) PT
This is a notice for the take-down of the Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World series on BOOK☆WALKER due to the Japanese publisher's request. Please make sure to purchase any missing eBooks of the series by 2/13 11:59 PM PT, as you won't be able to afterwards.※You will still be able to read these books once they are taken down from our store, but you can't purchase any missing volumes after 2/13 11:59 PM PT.
※This message is sent to all users who have at least purchased 1 volume of Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World series.Get "Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World" from here >>
[NOTICE] Battle Divas series to be removed from BOOK☆WALKER
Feb 07, 2022 (05:00 AM) PT
This is a notice for the take-down of the Battle Divas series on BOOK☆WALKER due to the Japanese publisher's request. Please make sure to purchase any missing eBooks of the series by 2/13 11:59 PM PT, as you won't be able to afterwards.※You will still be able to read these books once they are taken down from our store, but you can't purchase any missing volumes after 2/13 11:59 PM PT.
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@ditimiss said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
I had been wondering why 80k hadn't had more releases and just got into strongest gamer. Here is hoping stuff starts getting rescued D:
Strongest Gamer volume 2 is good and reaches a decent pause point, if you liked volume 1 I'd recommend buying it while you can.
Sigh, license rescues of both titles would be very nice but it might take years and odds are against Strongest since it isn't a FUNA title.
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Not much point to rescuing Strongest Gamer considering it's axed and its only two volumes were already translated.
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@aruseus493 said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
Not much point to rescuing Strongest Gamer considering it's axed and its only two volumes were already translated.
That's only relevant if it's available for purchase.
So what if it's been translated if you can't obtain a copy?License rescues allow for sales of copies in excess of those already sold.
That becomes incredibly important if there was never a print edition of the translation, since so far there is no legal resale methodology for eBooks that I'm aware of (how do you insure that the seller doesn't retain a copy?); not the case here is my understanding, but that still means there's a cap on how many copies might show up used after all 'new' copies have been sold. -
@weasalopes It may be that way from a consumer perspective, but from a licensor perspective, there's no way you'll ever make your money back on that title and so there's practically zero chance anyone will touch it.
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@saffire said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
@weasalopes It may be that way from a consumer perspective, but from a licensor perspective, there's no way you'll ever make your money back on that title and so there's practically zero chance anyone will touch it.
Yeah... it's almost certainly in the long tail by now. The people who knew/cared most about it have already bought the existing volumes, and there won't be any more new volumes to push up the sales.
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Kind of sad to see this going down, especially since "Strongest Gamer" was one of the things that got me into LN's
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I wonder if Redefining The Meta at the VRMMO Academy could be rescued. Sol Press published 4 volumes, and there are at least 2 more in Japanese. J-Novel Club is publishing a different series by the same author
I like it. It's fun reading about how the main character figures out ridiculous strategies. It's sort of similar to Bofuri, except the game-breaking aspects are more intentional and less focused on a single thing.
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@strangeattractor said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
I wonder if Redefining The Meta at the VRMMO Academy could be rescued. Sol Press published 4 volumes, and there are at least 2 more in Japanese. J-Novel Club is publishing a different series by the same author
I like it. It's fun reading about how the main character figures out ridiculous strategies. It's sort of similar to Bofuri, except the game-breaking aspects are more intentional and less focused on a single thing.
to be true I hope so. Only read volume 1 but if those others also end with open questions I am not really sure if I should get it. Would be another story if I knew that it gets a further english release.
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@saskir said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
@strangeattractor said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
I wonder if Redefining The Meta at the VRMMO Academy could be rescued. Sol Press published 4 volumes, and there are at least 2 more in Japanese. J-Novel Club is publishing a different series by the same author
I like it. It's fun reading about how the main character figures out ridiculous strategies. It's sort of similar to Bofuri, except the game-breaking aspects are more intentional and less focused on a single thing.
to be true I hope so. Only read volume 1 but if those others also end with open questions I am not really sure if I should get it. Would be another story if I knew that it gets a further english release.
It's kinda the situation that if you think there's any chance you would want to read it down the line, grabbing a copy prior to the distribution chain yanking it would seem wise.
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@weasalopes said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
It's kinda the situation that if you think there's any chance you would want to read it down the line, grabbing a copy prior to the distribution chain yanking it would seem wise.
I'm glad I read the 4 volumes that I did. It does have some open questions, but the end of volume 4 is not a bad place to pause. I have a feeling I'll re-read it in the future.
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BOOKWALKER just issued a notice that >all< digital titles are being taken down for Sol and Panty. Standard practice of being able to download if you already purchased prior, but no dice if you haven't.
Per Bookwalker, request was made by Japanese rights holders. So there is the final confirmation if anyone somehow had doubts at this point.
Shucks.
