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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: Preferred publication frequency (per chapter)
Choices:
Weekly - votes: 3627 (51%)
Biweekly - votes: 743 (10.5%)
Monthly - votes: 639 (9%)
Bimonthly - votes: 75 (1.1%)
Quarterly - votes: 10 (0.1%)
A volume at a time - votes: 508 (7.1%)
The entire series in one go - votes: 1505 (21.2%)
There were 7107 total votes.
The poll ended: February 20th 2016
From a marketing perspective, the most popular option kinda sucks... Can't build that hype!
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» pister007 on February 19th, 2016, 11:31pm
» lambchopsil on February 20th, 2016, 12:40am
» ichigo_daisuki on February 20th, 2016, 12:46am
» Trimutius on February 20th, 2016, 4:40am
» zarlan on February 20th, 2016, 4:42am
» Karonhioktha on February 20th, 2016, 2:14pm
This is my situation as well. Trust me, I want to work or go back to school, but my health thinks otherwise.
And I just finished university to became a RN. How unlucky.
» KaoriNite on February 20th, 2016, 8:20pm
And I just finished university to became a RN. How unlucky.
I think this would fall under "unemployed and not looking for work". There are various reasons for being unemployed, like health issues, having to take care of a family member, being a homemaker, etc.
I'm currently employed full-time, but in a couple of months I'll be a student at a language school and (hopefully) working part-time.
» zarlan on February 21st, 2016, 7:50am
"unemployed and not looking for work" rather implies a certain type of situation
...and it's most certainly not a situation of "would love to study/work, but sadly cannot", "home maker" or "having to take care of someone".
I'm not going to vote for an option, that gives a completely different impression of my situation, compared to what it really is.
It may, technically, be correct, but it's completely misleading.
» Karonhioktha on February 21st, 2016, 11:45am
It may, technically, be correct, but it's completely misleading.
I agree.
The wording "unemployed and not looking for work" implies that I don't want to work and not actively looking for employment opportunities.
I want to work and I'm actually looking at jobs for the future. I just can't work yet; I had major surgery recently and I've been told to avoid work for 6+ months to heal.
» CuthienSilmeriel on February 20th, 2016, 5:46am
» residentgrigo on February 20th, 2016, 6:05am
Bi-weekly was my runner up and DC announced this week to double down on that publication form to regain market share. US comics read differently due to the denser writing and the usually higher production values, if we forget the glut of fill in art in recent years, so i can´t see it being sustainable for titles as Cyborg. I didn´t even care to keep up with Vic after 2 decent monthly issues and let´s not even think about the money. Manga on the other hand are (usually) dirt cheap in Japan or even Germany but not in the US. Eh.
The interest in a Netflix model is also shared by me but digital publication is the way to go here and the creators and publishers would forgo a steady revenue source during the creation process. A risky gamble but the printed Habibi was in development from 2004 to 2011, with a length of 670+ pages, and it came out to universal acclaim. It can thus be done but Habibi is an independent comic and established mangaka aren´t known for perusing that road for too long. Traditional print is dying though and The Times They Are A-Changin' so who knows.
I am a Full-time employee but i plan on becoming a university student in the near future to level up in my profession. I also won´t stay a full time employee for my whole life and am already saving up for an early retirement. Being unemployed was my favorite profession so far. Ah, German Social Insurance! We'll meet again, Don't know where, don't know when...
» MinatoAce on February 20th, 2016, 8:18am
I sometimes do freelance(mostly tech related stuff), but, I wouldn't call it part time either. As it's not permanent, it depends on my mood, availability of job and type of the job. And it should be something that I find interesting. I'm lazy. Freeloading on my parents, like most of the Students. Basically, I'm not much of a great guy.
» Calamansi on February 20th, 2016, 9:36am
» lifeanddeath2012 on February 20th, 2016, 1:24pm
» Baalzebup on February 24th, 2016, 4:35pm
Except that unless you also own the business you manage, you are an employee of said business, no matter which bracket you occupy in the hierarchy.
I've been going Full-time for quite some time. I'm coming close to 10 years in this company, and only spent about one of them as a part-timer.
» juliarox214 on February 20th, 2016, 8:50pm
» zephyr4 on February 21st, 2016, 12:17am
....and it will probably stay that way for the next five years atleast.
» kitty1826x on February 21st, 2016, 12:28am
» residentgrigo on February 21st, 2016, 3:27am
The word unemployed is actually very hard to define from a legal standpoint and people who are undergoing rehabilitation treatment or are too sick to work also don´t count as unemployed. Unemployment statistics are thus very hard to decipher...
» VawX on February 21st, 2016, 8:10pm
» Tsuska on February 21st, 2016, 1:37am
jokes
» mysstris on February 21st, 2016, 2:21am
» vigorousjammer on February 21st, 2016, 6:14am
I'm surprised how many full-time people there are. I wish I could find a good, stable, full-time job.
» chineserider on February 21st, 2016, 9:51am
But with summer internships, and will join the Full-time employee bracket in one year.
» VawX on February 21st, 2016, 8:13pm
» eccentrrick on February 21st, 2016, 9:34pm
» bkwrmatk on February 22nd, 2016, 7:33pm
» AndyProk on February 23rd, 2016, 2:22pm
For me "Student, also working though, but looking for more work" would have been a correct choice. Also technically "work multiple jobs", though they're all small things and probably soon "Student, no other job, but looking for work" (since the projects I'm working under are about to run out of funding/time) unless I find something new before that.
TL;DR There's no way this poll could contain all possible options.
» Animechic420 on February 24th, 2016, 3:56pm
» berubetto on February 24th, 2016, 11:50pm
If science ever catches up with my illness, I've been keeping myself prepared to go back to work. <shrug> No pity needed, it's just that we do exist. FYI/FWIW!
» dalek on February 25th, 2016, 8:37am
» That3rdGuy on February 25th, 2016, 11:14pm
I see others are having the same problem as me. Should add in "stay-at-home parent" and "short/long-term disabled" and replace "employee" with "worker" as well to dispel confusion.
Anyways, would a contract killer choose "currently unemployed, but looking for work?"
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