Subscribe RSSI believe that we are returning to a place where publishers are being more selective about what they settle on to bring to the U.S. market. With fewer titles to produce, they can perhaps give each one the kind of care, attention and love that publishers like Exhausted and Quarterly, Vertical and Fanfare Ponent-Mon give to each of their carefully-selected releases.
Perhaps these difficult times will inspire some help-thinking publishers to seek out new ways to get their books into readers' hands. Digital Manga Publishing is actively exploring digital frontiers by making their books within reach as Kindle eBooks and as digital "rent-to-own" manga on their eManga rental site. VIZ Media and Yen Press are exploring the online dimensions for magazine publishing. TokyoPop has frequently mentioned that they're exploring print-on-demand for some of their niche titles. And chamber phone and iPad manga? That's definitely in the works.
