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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Previous Poll Results:
Question: What is Anime / Manga to you?
Choices:
A new endeavor - votes: 112 (1.2%)
An ongoing hobby - votes: 6124 (64.2%)
A lifestyle - votes: 2074 (21.7%)
A former or declining pastime - votes: 1229 (12.9%)
There were 9539 total votes.
The poll ended: August 22nd 2015
Well, a lot of you guys still keep up with stuff, unlike me...
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» residentgrigo on August 22nd, 2015, 1:14am
I used to buy them from a local smaller retailer who ordered them based on the ISBN but i switched to the first 2 online options in the last decade and i voted option No.1. I also resell my stuff on Ebay so the street goes both ways.
» Nirhtuc on August 22nd, 2015, 1:40am
» deadphoenix on August 22nd, 2015, 2:06am
» Natsuki@ on August 22nd, 2015, 9:17am
I might start buying online if it is cheaper but then again I do not buy that much manga anymore and the price is quite high with my current funds.
» MinatoAce on August 22nd, 2015, 3:52am
lambchopsil - Don't worry bro. It might become same for me when I reach your age. Study, Work, RL Problems...so, much things for one to handle. Plus, taste changes with time anyway ~!
» Azula on August 22nd, 2015, 5:13am
And I always managed to get away with it.
But now, I taught myself Japanese and I just find the un-translated scans online and just read them.
It's a win-win for me.
So, no - I never bought, but I've stolen and I still own.
» crazyboutcute on August 25th, 2015, 12:16am
Alright, I'm done being a librarian.
In response to the actual poll, I don't buy much manga anymore, but when I was younger, I mostly bought mine from large retailers. Ever since Borders went under, I've been buying less altogether and very rarely from actual stores. (By which I mean, I don't really impulse buy anymore.) These days, if there's a manga I want, I usually get it somewhere online, wherever I can find it cheapest.
» Azula on August 25th, 2015, 6:06pm
And you may say that libraries have been succumbed to stolen properties. But I am positively sure that the scales of stolen manga/comics are easily the smallest occurrences (at least during the times I stole them) due to them not being much seen in libraries.
I don't know too much about financial loses in other countries, states, or cities - but I do know that the libraries I've stolen from have been given/granted donations of over 350 millions of dollars from a group of senators, politicians, higher-class citizens, and even some local celebrities who happened to be raised near those parts or regions.
Those libraries I've stolen from seem like those unbelievable retro-styled England/Roman designed mansions with no end of ever stop growing. But just knowing that a librarian is a fellow mangaupdates comrade does ignite regret/guilt into me - for stealing from these libraries.
I will repent for my actions somehow.
» Trimutius on August 22nd, 2015, 5:55am
» CuthienSilmeriel on August 22nd, 2015, 6:28am
» Gradonil_Ral on August 22nd, 2015, 7:00am
But if we're talking about original, untranslated stuff (for raws), then it's all from online retailers or marketplaces.
» drunkguy on August 22nd, 2015, 4:01pm
» eccentrrick on August 22nd, 2015, 11:44pm
» Bafflement on August 23rd, 2015, 3:28am
» Shibiusa on August 23rd, 2015, 4:26am
» Lulubella on August 24th, 2015, 4:12pm
» AquarianDemocrat on August 24th, 2015, 5:40pm
» calstine on August 24th, 2015, 11:51pm
Now that I come to think of it, I have bought 1 volume from a local bookstore: it was the first part of one of the cases from the Kindaichi Case Files series, the second part for which I never found, either locally or online.
» licorice on August 26th, 2015, 5:53am
» Chainless on August 27th, 2015, 3:44am
Atm it's about 50% local small retailer / 20% normal supermarket's magazine stand / 30% online retailer
» mysstris on August 27th, 2015, 2:19pm
Amazon is my go to for buying novels so I don't usually buy mangas there
I obtained probably 80% from ebay because most are OOP or amazingly low and great deals
I regularly check Rightstuf for sales
I used to use the library but that was before I went to college when I could keep a book way past the due date and not have to pay a fine for it (minors) but now that I'm in college, I don't go to the library since most can also be found online scanlated.
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