Sol Press Discussion Thread
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@korppi They took ages to announce Vol 2 of their first 2 LNs.
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@terrence in my opinion you can never make a second first impression, between the horrendous quality of the physical releases, the higher price point for digital books, the huge delay for V2s, the radio silence on all fronts regarding whether they even will do V2s, and the fact that they seem to have bitten off more then they can chew, all lead me to be sad rather then happy.
Sure they can grow and employ competent people, but all the stuff I mentioned is not a resource issue it’s a management issue.
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@korppi Rahul (above) explained it well.
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A few updates from their blog on nearly completed stuff:
Light Novels:
Strongest Gamer Volume 2:
Translation & Editing complete, entering Typesetting and QABattle Divas Volume 2:
Translation & Editing complete, entering Typesetting and QAManga:
Harem Royale ~When the Game Ends~:
Translation and Editing finished, in TypesettingSaving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement:
Translation and Editing finished, in Typesettinghttps://solpress.co/blog/513/sol-press-weekly-round-up-11-26-2018
Why Shouldn't a Detestable Demon-Lord is the only other one being worked on at the moment (translation + editing in progress).
The other two (MMO and the 80,000 Gold Coin LN) are said to start on the translation process soon.
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Sol Press posted another update.
https://solpress.co/blog/521/sol-press-weekly-roundup-12-14-2018The two manga are completed and awaiting release.
The two sequel light novels (Battle Divas and Strongest Gamer) are done, they just have some typesetting stuff.
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@terrence said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
The other two (MMO and the 80,000 Gold Coin LN) are said to start on the translation process soon.
MMO?
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@korppi 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:
The other two (MMO and the 80,000 Gold Coin LN) are said to start on the translation process soon.
MMO?
I'm shorthanding the other title, the VRMMO Academy one.
"Redefining the Meta at VRMMO Academy".
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@terrence I’ll be honest I 100% forgot they even licensed that one, and when I went to look up info I didn’t even see it listed under their Light novels section
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@rahul-balaggan said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
@terrence I’ll be honest I 100% forgot they even licensed that one, and when I went to look up info I didn’t even see it listed under their Light novels section
Yeah, I noticed that too (was going to link the page... But there was none). It's still mentioned in the Blog (in the italicized text saying it hasn't started being worked on), but yeah, it's almost as if it doesn't exist right now.
Maybe that one is going to be really far out, and they want us to forget? xD
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@terrence that sucks.
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@hyferzftw said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
@terrence that sucks.
Oh, I'm just jumping to conclusions there. But that and the 80,000 Gold Coin novel version haven't been worked on yet. So at the least, we'll be waiting a bit longer.
Since the VRMMO one has many volumes (I think 5 or 6?), you'd think that'd be one you'd want to get out on some regular basis.
Edit: It does say those projects will start soon, but I'm not sure when soon is since I think "soon" was listed there last month too. T_T
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@terrence oh well I guess they don’t like money...
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@terrence IIRC, they mentioned 80k would be worked on by January, I think? I assume they're transferring one of the translators for a VN to the untranslated LNs or something.
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Saving 80K Gold coins... manga is releasing on January 7th.
https://solpress.co/product/479/saving-80000-gold-in-another-world-for-my-retirement
Light novel for that one has an estimated March 4th date. It sounds like Harem Royale will come out on January 7th as well.
Detestable Demon-Lord doesn't release for almost 80 years. 2100 (barring the typo on the year, probably January 1st for that?). xD
https://solpress.co/product/494/why-shouldnt-a-detestable-demon-lord-fall-in-love
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@terrence didnt they told saving gold and harem royal manga release date weeks ago. And i think they use 1st jan 2100 for titles whoes release date isnt announce yet (as every new title (except manga) have this release date)
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Maybe I missed / forgot that they dated them. The preorders are live for the manga at certain retailers, so I saw them mention that on social media.
So 2100 is their placeholder date? That makes sense. You figure they'd be hyping up that orphanage one more if it were out so soon.
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https://solpress.co/blog/538/sol-press-weekly-roundup-01-21-2019
Due to unforeseen circumstances, work on Nukitashi, Future Radio, and Love Among the Sunflowers, which was due to start at the beginning of this month, has been delayed slightly. We apologize, and are aiming to start as soon as possible.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, work on Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement Light Novel and Redefining the Meta at VRMMO Academy, which was due to start at the beginning of this month, has been delayed slightly. We apologize, and are aiming to start as soon as possible.
Apologies again regarding the delays to the start of work on several of our titles. While I can’t go into details, these circumstances were truly unforeseen. Regardless, we’ve learned from this and will be reorganizing slightly internally to ensure everything is as smooth as possible in the future. Thank you for your understanding!
I feel like the reassurance almost makes me want to hit the panic button more. xD
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So we have to wait more for 80,000 Gold... 😐
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wow, that really doesn't look good/reassuring that they'll be around very long....
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That does not sound good at all.
I don’t have high hopes for Sol and was really bummed that they got a FUNA as I think we will be lucky to get one a year. I just hope they don’t fold taking the rights with them
