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Showing posts with label Please Read. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Please Read. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

New vs.Old?

So, I've been doing some contemplating...this may be a silly question to ask, since I know that at the moment very few people (if any) are coming to this blog to get help with their manga purchases.  However, I realize that I've come across a dilemma.  I tend to focus on older series, ones which I feel haven't gotten enough attention or at the very least deserve to have some readers, but I'm beginning to wonder if I should be focusing on newer titles instead.  Titles that are more likely to draw in new readers who are looking into the "hottest new series" that their teens have been requesting.  So far, I've tried not to choose any that are completely out of print, but I enjoy covering series that are completed, especially since, with the economy going up and down that way that it has been, it's possible that incomplete series may STAY incomplete. (This is one of my largest frustrations.)

Anyway, for those (very few) of you who have read, are reading, or happen to be passing by this blog, what's your opinion?  Would you prefer older, completed series to be covered here, or is it the newer stuff that you're wanting to see?  Should I just try to balance it out a bit more with some of each?  I'm already working to even out the shojo vs. shonen titles...somewhat sucessfully, but now I'm thinking I might be needing to do that with the newer and older stuff, too.

Please feel free to comment here or message me privately.  Thanks!  :)

Thursday, April 08, 2010

A Quick Note...

Hello everyone!  This is just a quick note to let you know I've added a new link to the blog's side bar.  It will send you to a section of my LibraryThing account which lists the first volume of all the different series I currently have access to.  I've added this to give you a quick reference guide when making requests regarding which series you'd like me to review.

That doesn't mean I WON'T review something not on my list, just that it will take more time for me to complete, since I'll have to track the title down from somewhere else.  It's also possible that I missed adding something to the list, so requesting the title you need might help me with updates, too.  :)

In addition to the side bar, I'm going to include the link here for redundancy's sake.
  
Readily Available Titles

Monday, August 31, 2009

The Beginning

Okay, I haven't worked out all the mechanics of how I'm going to go about this yet, but here's a basic break down of the information you can eventually expect from this blog:

1)  Publisher ratings for manga & what they mean

2)  My opinion on the optimum location for the manga in your library (whether you're a school or public librarian)

3)  My opinion on what's going on in the manga that might cause a parent to (at the VERY least) raise their eyebrows

4)  Online review resources for each volume (when I can find them)

5)  Links to the specific volume on the publisher's web site

Also, just for clarification purposes, I'll be covering not only manga, but also manhwa, manhua and OELs.

And finally, since I AM just getting started on this project, I'm perfectly willing to take requests.  Which titles are you most interested in seeing here?  And what kinds of information would you most like to see offered?