Site Poll - Chat Box 113 - Paying for Online Manga
15 years ago
Posts: 10862
Would you pay for online manga?
Question: Would you be willing to pay for online manga?
Choices:
Yes, I'd pay anything - votes: 182 (1.1%)
Yes, it's good to support mangaka - votes: 2764 (17%)
Yes, if I had to - votes: 1884 (11.6%)
No, I prefer physical paper - votes: 3706 (22.8%)
No, I can't afford it - votes: 3844 (23.7%)
No, it's not worth it - votes: 887 (5.5%)
Why should I pay when I can get it for free? - votes: 2986 (18.4%)
There were 16253 total votes.
The poll ended: October 16th 2010
A just ruler amongst tyrants
15 years ago
Posts: 159
no i don't mind payng for physical manga but not digital i try to avoid digital content the most possible.I hate paying for something i can't touch 🙂
15 years ago
Posts: 2707
never. ýou get nothing from this
EDIT:
with online manga i read series i didn´t decide to buy yet or which are not available in my country. i buy the tankobon when they are released (i even bought Lovely Complex in France but my French isn´t very good). I couldn´t effort it to read them online if i had to pay for this
15 years ago
Posts: 761
If I pay for manga I want to be able to put it on a shelf. I suppose I could pay for online manga, but only if it wasn't much. I definitely wouldn't pay as much as for a real volume.
15 years ago
Posts: 264
No. Buying a book, and buying pages on the net are two totally different things. At least I can take the book anywhere, and I can still read it if my computer break or my connection crash
15 years ago
Posts: 35
While I'd rather have a physical copy, that's just not happening cost wise. I've got hundreds of series I read, and buying physical copies of all of those series would not only bankrupt me, but I'd have absolutely nowhere to put them. I have 3 book cases full of manga as it is. If I were to buy much more I'd be sleeping on manga. 🤢
If I could I would, but it'd better be dirt cheap.
Member15 years ago
Posts: 3457
No.
I would rather use my money to buy the manga in book format than pay for it online.
Member15 years ago
Posts: 773
speaking of which how much does an issue of WSJ cost 😕
please convert into dollars and tell ...approx will do
if it is < 10 $ i'd rather have physical copy,
cos i can read it anywhere ...take it to college lectures 😛
🤣
best shonen manga couples :
shinichi X ran
natsu X erza
ippo X kumi
naruto X gaara
15 years ago
Posts: 410
Although it's more costly, I'd rather have a physical copy - when it comes to reading, I prefer something tangible that I can hold in my own two hands, plus I like building up my collection.
If I had to pay for unlicensed stuff that's only available online though, I may consider that... even though we do get it free...
15 years ago
Posts: 4917
If the quality is worth it. There are some manga I read that I would never pay for, like Naruto and Bleach, and others that I would in an instant, like Franken Fran or Black Lagoon.
15 years ago
Posts: 1140
Sure, if paying means that there are regular good quality releases for a series I like. But like other have said, if I have to shell out money to read something, I'd prefer to pay for a hard copy rather than a digital one.
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Member15 years ago
Posts: 125
I would prefer the online if it was cheaper than buying the print edition.. Each volume at the store is like $10 so if I wanted to buy, for example all of a series like Skip Beat.. That would be $10 for each of the 20 or so volumes.. Just for one series it would cost atleast $200.I would buy if I could, but its just too expensive.. .
I would actually prefer some sort of service where I would pay a certain monthly fee to be able to read anything available that that publisher had to offer. Well... As long as it wasn't very expensive.
15 years ago
Posts: 1050
i buy physical mangas.... what is that tell you. in here the physical mangas don't cost as much as in the US... it's within the grasp of children annual pocket money
15 years ago
Posts: 30
I'd rather buy a physical copy even if it cost more
15 years ago
Posts: 774
Physical. I can read scanlations online so why would I bother paying to read scanlations online? Makes no sense.
I really like being able to sit back and have a book in my hands.
I don't care how much it costs, it's worth it. I already have 534 books (I don't keep track a program does for me) and yeah... if you think about it thats about $6000 (remember when manga was 15$ a pop?) but I don't regret a thing.
