So I had decided not to post about this, but the irony was too delicious.
According to Deb Aoki’s interview with DMP’s Michelle Mauk at About.com, Rachel Livingston, PR flack for Digital Manga Productions has left the company amidst an overall company belt-tightening and downsizing.
Does that name sound familiar to any of you? Because it did for me. You see, I got a nasty, threatening letter from Ms. Livingston back in May of 2006. Dripping with fanboy entitlement, it demanded I stop spoiling DMP’s good name by telling their customers what was actually in their books. My response was no mere go fuck yourself, although that was tempting, but instead I, in the parlance of 2006, served her. She “got served.” It was pretty fantastic, actually. (If you click those links and they don’t work, try: http://tinyurl.com/464wnk and scroll down to the May 15th & 16th entries.) The internet even gave the company a little bit of a black eye for it, which was lovely and appreciated.
Maybe now I’ll get around to reviewing a DMP book some time… up ’til now every time I’d considered it my conscience reminded me of that company’s incredibly unprofessional behaviour, behaviour that they never apologized for incidentally, and I found another book from another company to talk about… It’s not like there’s any shortage of good books to review.
So, now Ms. Livingston is gone, and DMP is adveritisng on my site on the same day.
Coincidence I’m sure, but it brought a smile to my face.
– Christopher
Wow. I’m sorry I missed the original “kerfuffle”!
Hmmm… I clicked on the ad, and read the registration requirements. Interesting…
Actually, I interviewed Michelle Mauk from DMP not Rachel. Just thought I’d clear that up…
I’ve clarified the first sentence for you, Deb.
gracias! thanks also for the linkage. 🙂
I know the post is old… but I have to say something to that. It seems to me that you have no idea what you are talking about. I’ve read a lot of Boys Love and that has to be one of the most harmless titles I’ve ever read. Just because the characters are made to look very young does not mean that it’s shota or whatever you may call it. Where the hell is there semen in Almost crying?! I think you’re mistaking it for another title.
Dear Hisa,
Read the story beginning on page 161 again. “First Taste Of Loveâ€.
The Calpis they drink as young children is bitter, the same as the semen that one drinks of the other when they are slightly less young. It is not explicitly stated, so I can understand how you would have missed it the first time.
What I don’t understand is how you could have missed that two characters that look to be about 11 or 12 are also naked in bed together on those pages, but, you know, whatever. It’s not my publishing company publishing borderline shota.
– Chris