Sol Press Discussion Thread
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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.
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Sol Press going away is ultimately for the best considering how bad they were at ultimately releasing their books, I only hope that now we can now get some license rescues
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If anyone wants a list of what specifically is being removed ANN put up an article
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-19/bookwalker-global-to-remove-series-from-sol-press-panty-press-on-february-21/.182776- Chivalry of a Failed Knight
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- Harem Royale - When the Game Ends
- I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage
- Is the order a rabbit?
- Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party
- Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy
- Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement manga and light novels
- The Game Master has Logged In to Another World
- The Ride-On King
- Why Shouldn't a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?!
- Busy Wizard: This Warlock Just Wants to Provide for his Wives!
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@jpwong said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:
Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party
I really enjoyed the author's Defeating the Demon Lord's a Cinch (If You've Got a Ringer) series, which I guess is on hiatus or cancelled :( .
I was interested in this but never bought it since by that point it was obvious we'd never get a volume 2 from Sol.
The Game Master has Logged In to Another World
This had an interesting start in the one volume that we got, it was a bit like mixing Leadale and maybe Demon Lord Retry. I'd buy a license rescue.
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@jpwong Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Aww... you mean the 5 volumes we got is all we're get? Oh, well. Wonder when Amazon will stop listing them. They're still up right now.
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@someoldguy Supposedly the JP pubs are attempting to pull copyright violations on the Amazon listings in order to take them down, which they didn’t have to do on BW since they’re so close with the store and simply requested their takedowns.
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@legitpancake Makes perfect sense, since ebooks (unlike "Carbon Entrapment Editions") aren't really produced "while under license".
And if Sol Press doesn't exist anymore, Amazon can't fall back on the excuse that, "Hey, we're just the retailer, talk with that guy over there!" as they distribute additional, new copies.
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The social media manager for publisher Sol Press, Tsmalls, revealed on Twitter on Monday that the company has reached a point where it can no longer provide refunds for about 90% of orders. Tsmalls stated that the company is at a standstill until the CEO returns, but did not share when that would be or where the CEO currently is.
This comes a day after ANN's last article on Sol Press
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2022-03-20/what-happened-to-sol-press/.183603
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@jpwong Technically, Tsmalls let people on the discord about this months ago. But after the latest ANN article, he decided to make the post on twitter since people still occasionally showed up in the discord hoping for refunds.
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Since the Rakudai thread is locked, and I am not willing to start a new one.
A few of Sol Press's licenses have been rescued. I am kind of curious to see if anyone will rescue Chivalry of a Failed Knight.
Always thought it was the superior between it and Asterisk War, which admittedly is something I also enjoy reading. -
Yeah it's a shame that Rakudai didn't get picked up. It was the only series that Sol Press had that I was interested in.
