Tekkon Kinkreet Update
Just as an FYI, we’re down to 5 copies left of the new edition of Tekkon Kinkreet by Taiyo Matsumoto here at The Beguiling, from our initial order of 100. So, you know, 95 copies in 5 months, not bad. I’d been slacking at recommending it lately and when I remembered it I hand-sold another 5 last week. I’m gonna try and sell out by Friday, wish me luck!
- Chris
P.S.: You really should buy it.
P.P.S.: For comparison’s sake, we’ve sold about 250 copies of Naruto Vol 15, which debuted at around the same time. At its $30 price tag though, Tekkon made us more money.
P.P.S.: I didn’t even buy a copy! Viz gave me one. :D
January 29th, 2008 | by Chris
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January 29th, 2008 at 8:45 am
[…] Christopher Butcher has pictures of his visit to the Kinokuniya bookstore in Shinjuku, which is what my mother would call a busman’s holiday. Also: Only five copies of Tekkonkinkreet left at The Beguiling! […]
January 29th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Looks like your hard work is paying off: in a recent article Alvin Lu seemed to be saying that the new edition has sold well and that they’re looking into more stuff to publish in the format.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Hey Huff, yeah, I just saw that. It’s pretty cool… I try not to ask questions of that from Viz staffers because I’m never sure if it’s on the record or not, and then I can’t speculate about it here :)
Actually, I saw some very cool No.5 omnibus volumes in Japan… Maybe? Maybe? No?
Heh.
- Chris
January 30th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Look at the influence you have. 95 copies of a giant, $30, formerly out-of-print seinen? Who the hell would buy those? EVERYONE WHO LISTENS TO CHRIS BUTCHER, THAT’S WHO.
January 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
All Viz staffers reading here: YES YES YES I will buy a No.5 omnibus.