\nHachette’s Yen Press manga and graphic novel imprint will join Orbit, Hachette\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s science fiction and fantasy imprint, in a new division named Orbit, with Orbit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tim Holman as VP and Publisher of the division, reporting to CEO and Chairman David Young.\u00c2\u00a0 Holman had success with Orbit in the UK, where it is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the market-leading imprint,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Young. Kurt Hassler, formerly Yen Press Co-Publishing Director, will become Publishing Director; Rich Johnson, who was Co-Publishing Director with Hassler, will leave the company at the end of October<\/em>. – ICv2.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nSo, uh, I guess we know the plans that were made, approaching their first anniversary.<\/p>\n
ICv2 is pretty gentle with their re-write of the press release, I think. Being downsized and absorbed by another imprint, a year into your publishing effort? That’s not a vote of confidence in your vision, or at the very least, your results. I’m tempted to make a comparison to Minx, but really there is none. Except that hindsight is 20\/20 of course, and maybe a 1-year-mark course correction could have resulted in a different outcome there. Or not.<\/p>\n
The Haruhi<\/em> manga is selling well here at the store, and the anthology is selling surprisingly well (issues 1-3 sold out at Shonen Jump numbers, #4 is fairing less well…). That’s two feathers in Yen’s cap.<\/p>\n– Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I said this on October 2nd: So, I read Deb Aoki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transcript of the panel The State of the Manga Industry from last weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New York Anime Festival. Did you? You probably should, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very interesting in spots, particularly Kurt Hassler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s answers about Yen Press\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plans as they approach their first anniversary (Black God … <\/p>\n
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So I said this on October 2nd<\/a>:<\/p>\n