@HdE - Print publishing in some form, absolutely, "more than" more than a decade I would say, perhaps it will still exist until the end of my lifetime.
No-one really tells me anything about it, I tend to draw my own conclusions, and I stand by the one I have drawn there - that it will be a matter of a handful of years at most that the printed English language manga industry survives past the point at which we are no longer able to buy "cheap" anime and people are being "priced out" of it by Japanese distributors trying to sell directly world wide.
I think you thought I was making a far more general statement?
Joshawott said:
Considering the recent controversy surrounding Apple, Penguin, Hachette etc in regards to eBook pricing (with the companies setting the prices as opposed to retailers, allowing them to control how much ebooks cost more), I doubt eBooks will take over print any time soon and personally, I don't want them to. I like holding a physical book.
Actually that will only drive the uptake of eBooks even more quickly, since prices will now drop. And believe me, the "feeling" that people have towards books in that manner is generally a fallacy. I thought the same thing for a long time - I was wrong. I still buy some physical books, but it is a fairly lunatic-level practice these days, all things told.
edit: hmm, that sounds really aggressive, sorry. Although I can't think of a more accurate way to word it. And fwiw, I guess I do still prefer paper for manga specifically (I use Marvel's online stuff, but that is more an issue of cost than preference).
I will be intrigued to see what I do when/if Kindle finally gets going in Japan. It would make sense to use it for LNs (outside of my favorite few series), but it would be Sad Times to miss out on the artwork until they make a decent, affordable color Kindle.
