comicsworthreading.com - 8/6/2009
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According to the New York Times , in Japan, manga on mobile phones is considered a success at a time when print sales are moving downward.
… some analysts are calling the cellphone “the savior” of the form and a necessary kick in the pants for a sagging industry.
It’s estimated ...
nytimes.com - 8/3/2009
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TOKYO — Eiko Moori, a 24-year-old office worker,
felt the pull of manga one day when she
saw an ad on her mobile phone screen. Because she grew up on a steady diet of manga, a form of Japanese cartoon, the offer to view “Mischievous Kiss,” a comic ...
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Mobile Gives Manga a Lift
cafepress.com - 7/30/2009
pwbeat.publishersweekly.com - 8/4/2009
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The NY Times has a piece by Miki
Tanikawa on manga’s shift to mobile phone distribution in
Japan , and we expect that just about every word of this article will strike as a hammer blow to US publishers. Most of the move is in women;s comics, ...
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Manga goes mobile…who will follow?
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