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lambchopsil
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Archon Solon
7:15 pm, Feb 19 2011
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Here's another poll by our admin lynira. I guess e-books mainly applies to the US and Europe, but let's just gauge them anyways.
You can discuss this poll on our forums here:
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=24403
You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related):
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: How much humor (that you like) do you typically like in manga?
Choices:
None. Stay serious, bro. - votes: 198 (1.5%)
Just a little. The occasional humor is good. - votes: 2285 (17.2%)
Moderate. A good amount but not lots. - votes: 6038 (45.5%)
Medium. Half-filled with humor. - votes: 3297 (24.8%)
Prominent. Humor is the focus. - votes: 888 (6.7%)
Chock-full of it! Comedy first, and I don't care if there's no story - votes: 568 (4.3%)
There were 13274 total votes.
The poll ended: February 19th 2011
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chomio
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The Fallen One
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10:58 pm, Feb 19 2011
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Where in the h*** I can get those, never seen them in Europe :\
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kaloo
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11:02 pm, Feb 19 2011
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I refuse, 100% to buy eBooks. If I am paying for my reading material I want a paper copy.
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Li7hium
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11:39 pm, Feb 19 2011
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kalo.. an e-book doesn't necessarily mean you won't be able to buy the paper version... it just means you can get it from the internet in a legal way. I would agree with this if they put a price of something between 10 to 20 cents per chapter. Anything above this is simply an attempt to milk the money out of our pockets...
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Reppu
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12:53 am, Feb 20 2011
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I agree. Even though this is a scanlation site, I MUCH prefer buying the real book and having a paper copy to scanlations any day. I sit in front of a computer for 9 hours a day at work, and then I come home to a computer for another three? What about vacations, trips, and other things when I can take a book, but not my computer? And I don't like how manga looks on the Kindle, so yes, I won't buy e-book versions of manga. I'd rather go without, or just wait for the print version to come out.
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hollabaloo
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2:50 am, Feb 20 2011
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Personally I love the idea of manga in an ebook format because then I have more space on my shelves in the long run. Plus ebooks tend to be a few dollars cheaper than their printed counterparts.
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MsNinjaBot
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3:17 am, Feb 20 2011
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Mangafox and most other manga sites have moblie site. E Readers are usually compatible with the E reader. So if they want to I don't see a problem in it.
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hollabaloo
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3:19 am, Feb 20 2011
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10 to 20 cents per chapter isn't a realistic price. Let's say that a certain volume has eight chapters just for the sake of argument. That would mean that an ENTIRE volume would cost somewhere in the range of $.80 to $1.60. If you honestly think that this is enough to pay off general expenses, the people who worked on it, AND still make at least a little profit in a market where manga sales are still declining by a fair margin, then frankly you're way off in lala-land.
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naikan
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3:59 am, Feb 20 2011
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I buy manga on kindle. I purchased manga I normally would not have because it was available on kindle, and I happened to have been bored at the time. Plus, it saves space. The only thing that annoys me is that almost all the manga on kindle is yaoi. 
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Tenshinchigi
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5:12 am, Feb 20 2011
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Have as in present tense? As in they exist? How come i didn't know about this?! D:
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ayashe
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all hail schneizel
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6:55 am, Feb 20 2011
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I'm inbetween "I'm interested, but I haven't bought any yet" and "I'm not interested at all". I'm neutral, not against them completely, but not interested either.
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ayashe
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all hail schneizel
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7:02 am, Feb 20 2011
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Well, your comment annoys me and I'm dealing with it. What if almost all the manga was shoujo or shounen, would you still be complaining then? If you'd like to see a wider range of manga available then let them know, and continue to support the new titles available.
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Achiyugo
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7:09 am, Feb 20 2011
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I'm uninterested to the point of "what's an e-book?"
When I buy a book I would like an actual physical copy please. While the rest of the world moves on with technology, I'll be in my little corner crying in denial.
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naikan
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9:28 am, Feb 20 2011
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Um, yeah, I would be complaining. I read a lot of yaoi, but I also read a lot of shounen and other genres. And I have already been contacting publishers and supporting the yaoi titles on kindle so you are a bit late with your "advice".
But anyway, thanks so much for jumping to conclusions!
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gwengwel
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4:48 pm, Feb 20 2011
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I agree with hollabaloo. I think a price of 0.80 to 1dollars by chapter's more realistic. That's make it between 6-7dollars for a manga, the price of a ebook these day.
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