Tag Archives: scanlations

Debate: Does the “Artist Tax” Negate Pirating?

Recently, my best friend came to visit me for a week and -as is tradition whenever we see each other- we marathoned a show together. This time we settled on watching Princess Jellyfish, one of my favorite anime, despite the … Continue reading

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Is There Adequate Manga Marketing for the Everyday Fan?

All About Manga talks about how the industry has failed to better inform the casual manga fan about what’s being published, both in print and online. Continue reading

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Digital Manga Publishing Opens Digital Manga Guild

Digital Manga Publishing has just released a new platform that allows groups of people to work on manga for pay (when the manga sells.) What does this mean for the future of digital manga and scanlations? Continue reading

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Scanlations and the Anti-Piracy Coalition on Jammer's Animovie Podcast

All About Manga’s Daniella Orihuela-Gruber does another podcast with Jammer’s Animovie Blog! In this podcast we talk about the problems facing the manga publishing industry, the coalition that’s been formed and what we’d like to see happen with digital manga distribution. Continue reading

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My Life as a (Rookie) Editor: Job Security

All About Manga’s Daniella Orihuela-Gruber talks about how scanlations affect her job security and why she’s a little happy that Japanese and American publishers are banding together to fight scanlations. Continue reading

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Ten REALLY GOOD Ways to Buy and Not Steal Manga

All About Manga lists 10 REALLY GOOD Ways to Buy and Not Steal Manga. Mostly because the author of this blog would really love to earn a living off of manga publishing! A living’s all she wants! (I’ll just have to marry rich!) Continue reading

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Gakuen Alice on the Fast Track

What is TOKYOPOP doing to combat the popularity on one of it’s most popular series, Gakuen Alice? Find out here! Continue reading

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