If you live in the U.S., then its Media Mail which I stated previously it may take up to one week but on rare occasions it may take longer. If not, then I don't know what they use for international shipping. Airmail? Priority International?
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Keep in mind they might only ship out once a week, unless they have pick up.
ill think ill be ok for now since i have to go on trip maybe when i come back it will be here, thanks everyone.
I've updated the front page with this piece of new development.
No news on their as yet unpublished licenses though :(
:monk: Fingers cross that they make it to paper ok (am not a fan of digital-only publications!).
I read the news as well. I have a feeling that Man of Tango may end up being published under Manga Factory. I'm still concerned about manga going digital since so many are for it. I say don't go blind in the process!
Its great news. I do recall that I made a request for a title to be licensed and Aurora did kindly replied to my message. They stated that all of their licensing decisions goes to Ohzora Publishing in Japan. At least with Manga Factory, its not a Japanese subsidary as revealed at Manga Factory's online newsletter/website which is still under construction. Most importantly, they control the business and licensing decisions of their company. They are still selling mangas from Aurora/Deux Press/LuvLuv for a limited time. I definitely look forward to what Manga Factory has to offer.
Manga Factory Newsletter #1
I am happy to hear that the former staff of Deux took the initiative to form a new company. Their choices in mangas (at least yaoi ones) had been mostly excellent in my opinion. I am quite OK with them wanting to release the manga in digital format 1st & if sales look good, decide to publish them in paper books. Netcomics had found very good success with that. I do think this is a viable business model - cheaper, more efficient & more effective. But they probably would have to beat scanlators to the titles.
According to the Anime News Network article, Manga Factory clarifies its position as a completely independent publisher and is separate from Aurora Publishing and its imprints. They do not have access to Aurora's inventory or their licenses. They obtained Aurora/Deux Press/LuvLuv publications elsewhere. Also, Manga Factory will not make any licensing announcements at upcoming summer conventions this year.
This makes me wonder about the status of Man of Tango. It may be possible that Manga Factory will not publish the incomplete Aurora/Deux Press/LuvLuv Press manga. Its just speculation until further notice from Aurora. I initially thought that Manga Factory would be able to publish it, but after reading the ANN article, Man of Tango still belongs to Aurora/Deux Press. Aurora has yet to make any announcements about its future and the incomplete publications.
Manga Factory Clarifies Status, Current Plans - Anime News Network
did i metion that when i came back i recieved my books!!!! There was a small mix up kind of with email, but once they found it they sent them right away!!! i was soo happy.
Has anyone ordered from Deux lately? Is their last order sale form from 8/28/09 (Back to School offer) still valid? I am thinking of just ordering the rest of the yaoi stuff I don't already have since those licenses are apparently not transferred to Manga Factory
I don't have hope for this new venture because how can you trust people who abandon one company to start a new one that seems identical? There must have been a bad reason as to why the company failed in the first place and now to cover up their mistakes they abandon it to create a "new" company which seems just like the old one. I hope they don't license anything I want to read because I'm sick and tired of publishers who can't perform!
As for digital mangas ... I don't think its a great idea! Just because it works for free scanlation doesn't mean it will work for "real" publishing companies. The reason why it works so great for free scanlation is because it is free and people get to keep the copy, however, if you tell people to pay a few dollars for virtual images with a limited time frame of 48hours and then you have to buy it again? I don't think people would care too much for it.
Netcomics isn't doing so well as you can see the number of books they are printing shrink dramatically to 2 books in almost a year and the number of digital chapters they put out has declined to maybe one chapter every week or biweekly and the worse part is its the dame damn series! So this just shows you the digital concept everyone claims is good isn't really working.
This is all my opinion ... its probably the wrong place to write about but please feel free to delete, mods.
I did last week & there had been no reply :( I have her e-mail from my last direct purchase from them
@ nycmango
I think digital manga is not taking off as much yet as not all the tools are available to everyone. Imagine if everyone has Ipad or color Kindle DX where the manga reading experience is maximized. Then I do think more people will gravitate there. Personally, I believe this is a matter of time. During my recent vacation to Europe, I noticed that quite a few airline passengers have e-readers which makes better sense than lugging 20 lbs of books about now that airlines start charging for extra luggage.
This is actually good news for paper book collectors like us :) To entice hard copies buyers, publishers would print only the best sellers & with good quality. Yes - the prices would be more but then I have always prefer quality to quantity.
Anyway, this is just my two cents :)
I'm still not a fan of "digital" manga. Its bad enough that I can't be on my desktop for short periods of time, I can only imagine what the Kindle or IPad will do to my vision.
This is just my opinion. As we know, Aurora Publishing is an American subsidary of Ohzora Publishing in Japan. As far as licensing and business decisions are concerned, it all has to be approved by the parent company Ohzora. I noticed that the LuvLuv line was only limited to publishing josei manga published by Ohzora. Even though I purchase the all of the Luv Luv manga, its not that bad yet there are plenty of good, smutty josei manga out there.
Maybe the former Aurora staff felt too restricted to be a subsidary of a Japanese company. There were probably licenses that they wanted yet were probably rejected by Ohzora. That's just speculation.
This is kind of silly, but I don't like how the company name includes the word "factory". Like it's a publishing company that will just churn out mass-produced generic crap.
(Not saying they will, but it gives me a bad feeling.)
i still have Mikako Ogata email, so last week i put in another for more books with the excel sheet i had from the last time. Then this morning i got a invoice for the books, only this time it said the sender was from manga lovers. Should i be worried, since i didnt realize the information on this thread has been changed and Ogata isnt the sender this time?
well its said manga lovers on it for some reason or other but i just took the risk and sent it anyway
also this is a new email i just got from MF regarding new specials
Holiday Sale
Does anyone know if they are still selling Aurora and Deux publications? .-.''
I haven't heard anything from Manga Factory who stated that they will still sell Aurora/Deux Press/LuvLuv Press catalog for a limited time. You may send them an email to see if they still accept orders.
hello@mangafactory.net
They haven't set out a new newsletter after announcing their establishment either.