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Last year, BookWalker launched an English version of the site, with little fanfare. Despite having titles like Hajime Segawa’s Ga-Rei, Kouhei Azano’s Tokyo Ravens, and Moroke Yoshida’s Inari Kon Kon, little attention was paid to the service, either because of sites not covering it, or little marketing of what they’re trying to do. This year ... Read more
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Hmm, I shall continue to be the Debbie Downer and say that this interview doesn’t fill me with confidence. It’s great that you were talking to the president (and this isn’t a slight on you at all Justin) but it worries me both that his answers were so short and that this was all in Japanese. I haven’t seen literally any other interviews with the company so I hope they have a strong, English speaking PR department as well (although that’s almost an oxymoron since I still see barely any ads for them).
And that answer for “why we will succeed where JManga failed” isn’t a very encouraging answer either. He addresses one issue but leaves a lot out, I don’t think potential users really care if a place has a lot of titles or not since you only pay for what you want. As a reader I want to know how they’re reaching out to new readers, how they’re interacting, how I can feel like I “own” my titles, etc. In short, the way he answered this made me think “well they still don’t really get the American market”, better hope the workaround I know for downloading Viz titles also works for Bookwalker titles I plan on getting….
Yeah, I have to agree. This interview doesn’t inspire confidence, since it doesn’t address a lot of the issues people have had with Japanese run digital media stores. I don’t think that reflects on the interviewer, just that the venue/time allotted didn’t allow for an interview with lengthy answers and a larger amount of questions.
The biggest challenge they have is leading people to discover them. Getting their face out at NYCC and doing interviews is good progress though. I hope they succeed, because BookWalker is where I read Kaiji! I’ve also been meaning to check out another manga they have about a guy who travels around Japan on trains eating the different boxed lunches they have in each region. I think it’s called Ekiben Hitoritabi.
I was kind of disappointed to read that light novels are what they see growing in the future. I really think the Light Novel market is going to severely undershoot expectations outside of a few outlier titles like SAO. Anyways, I hope they can successful and publish more Nobuyuki Fukumoto manga!
[…] a book walk! Organization ASG published an interview with BookWalker president Yoichi Yasumoto. In the interview, Yasumoto discusses the business side […]