(no subject)

[meganbmoore]

From now until March 6,  bookcloseouts.com has Tokyopop msngs on sale for 99 cents each.  The selection is a bit random, but the price makes it worthwhile to check out things you might pass on normally.

Of course, this puts a crimp in my plans to have the manga backlog wiped out by A-Kon...

Comments

[rhap-chan.livejournal.com]

I was going to tell you about this. I picked up the first two volumes of the (only) yuri series they're selling for $6 and change (which included shipping). XD

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Tokyopop has a yuri series? (I'm not really any more interested in yuri than I am yaoi, but find f/f more interesting than m/m.)

[rhap-chan.livejournal.com]

Steady Beat is about a girl who finds out her sister is a lesbian. It's American manga, and I was going to pick it up earlier but I wasn't sure if the f/f would carry all the way through the series.

[octopedingenue]

But IIRC the third volume got axed due to the recent Tokyopop restructuring, right? I hate getting into a series and never getting to finish it (WAAAAHH OFF*BEAT*).

[rhap-chan.livejournal.com]

Man, I hope not. That would be a pain in the tailbone. D:

[octopedingenue]

Sad to say.

[rhap-chan.livejournal.com]

Well, darn it. According to the author, volume 3 is supposed to have all the good gay bits.

D:

Thanks for the info.

[narugami.livejournal.com]

Wow, there's some good stuff on there! Never Give Up is a really cute series.. If only shipping wasn't so expensive, and if only I didn't already have too many books!

[countessariadne.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for posting this!

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

So I bought like, 20 volumes yesterday morning but I'm kind of wanting to buy more. At prices like this, I really have nothing to feel guilty about.....right?!

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Right! We're MAKING money!

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Mostly stuff I didn't want to read, but I *still* found a dozen things that were interesting enough to buy. Too bad none of them are the titles I need for my frigging thesis, almost none of which my library has! Gah, that's going to be expensive.

Anyway, thanks!

[octopedingenue]

Ooooh, manga thesis! May I ask what it's about?

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

It's (supposed to be) about why and when translated manga in the US preserves the use of Japanese honorific and &c. suffixes (e.g. -san/-sama/-chan) as opposed to translating them into other terms (Ms./etc.) or leaving them out. It's not coming along so well because it's a last-ditch effort to rescue my first master's degree, which I had gone on leave from, so I don't have access to much in the way of academic resources or support. Meep! But I'm trying...

[octopedingenue]

Too cool! Anything you need help with? I wrote my senior paper on Princess Tutu, which is much more anime-related, but I have various manga reference things floating around too. And if you need manga I've got, I'll loan 'em to you for the cost of shipping; god knows I need SOME way to clear shelf space short of getting rid of things I love. You might also try manga_talk if you haven't already.

[octopedingenue]

The entirety of Threads of Time IS MIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

(zomg 99 cent Pearl Pink! time to pimp it to everyone I know!)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I did not notice Pearl Pink! I was looking for things I don't have...

[octopedingenue]

Also, don't forget that FatWallet.com gives 7% cash back for that site.

[irishninja.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip, Megan! :D

30 volumes for $38.70 is a deal even Shadawyn can't get mad at me about. ;D Plus it gave us six volumes of Fruits Basket. For a total of... um... six. :\

[fourthage.livejournal.com]

I think you mean until March 26th. I was rather confused until I clicked through.

And now I'm going off to shop. :)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*hangs head in shame*

[fourthage.livejournal.com]

I just picked up a ridiculous amount of manhwa for $20. Yay!