Viz Releases Bakuman 4 Digitally Before Print to iPad Users Only
Posted in Manga News on March 15, 2011 by Johanna
Yesterday, Viz announced that the fourth volume of the Bakuman manga series would be available digitally on March 28th. The print version is due out April 5 (although Amazon says May 3).
I was excited. I enjoy reading the series, about teenagers who aspire to make their own hit manga, and I thought that this would be a good reason to try reading the official Viz release of manga online. However, a closer reading revealed that this was for iPad users only, since that’s the only place Viz offers their manga app.
I started wondering what sales of Volume 3 had been compared to the number of potential iPad customers, considering that only a subset of which had downloaded the app. Unfortunately, I promptly realized that I don’t have access to any of those numbers, so I wouldn’t be able to answer any of my questions.
I’m sure that those lucky people who own a $500 tablet find it a wonderful device on which to read manga and comics. Someday, I may be one of them. In the meantime, at least I have the books — even if I have to wait a week or more to get them.
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