Comments on: Downloading update: Viz, Harlequin http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Laurie Sutton http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/#comment-452055 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:55:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/#comment-452055 Torsten: You failed to identify which website offered the webcomic romances. Do you mean myromancestory.com? The art may be mid range but the stories are just fine! Torsten: You failed to identify which website offered the webcomic romances. Do you mean myromancestory.com? The art may be mid range but the stories are just fine!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/#comment-449393 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:01:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/#comment-449393 Interesting parallels... like manga, romances have niches for all sorts of readers: NASCAR, gothic, humor, science fiction, historical, single mothers, historical westerns, modern westerns...even erotica. Like the old Detective Show game, you can mix two people together and make a romance: He's a government cyborg gorilla, she's the love child of Phylis Schafly and Ralph Nader; they're lovers! Manga can do the same thing. Some used bookstores are loaded with the older issues, refusing certain ranges for trade. Japan has a similar market for manga. yes, I know, one's a genre, the other is a medium. Curiously, there is a website which offers crude (artistically) webcomic romances. And does anyone know if there is a used book market for historietas in Mexico? Interesting parallels… like manga, romances have niches for all sorts of readers: NASCAR, gothic, humor, science fiction, historical, single mothers, historical westerns, modern westerns…even erotica. Like the old Detective Show game, you can mix two people together and make a romance: He’s a government cyborg gorilla, she’s the love child of Phylis Schafly and Ralph Nader; they’re lovers! Manga can do the same thing.
Some used bookstores are loaded with the older issues, refusing certain ranges for trade. Japan has a similar market for manga.
yes, I know, one’s a genre, the other is a medium. Curiously, there is a website which offers crude (artistically) webcomic romances. And does anyone know if there is a used book market for historietas in Mexico?

]]> by: Rick Rottman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/#comment-449385 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:51:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/05/downloading-update-viz-harlequin/#comment-449385 <b>"Harlequin sold more than 130 million books in 2006."</b> Imagine how high that number would be if instead of actually counting books sold to customers, they counted each and every book shipped to a retailer as a sale. Like they do with funny books. “Harlequin sold more than 130 million books in 2006.”

Imagine how high that number would be if instead of actually counting books sold to customers, they counted each and every book shipped to a retailer as a sale. Like they do with funny books.

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