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Shonen Jump missing from shelves in my area.

Chazzmatazz

By Chazzmatazz,
Posted on: 2012-09-05 21:24 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Hello everyone. In the past 2-3 months not a single issue has been on the shelves at any stores I have been to. Anyone else having this issue?

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From the Wikipedia entry for Shonen Jump:

"In October 2011, Viz announced that Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, a weekly digital version of the magazine would be made available to the public beginning on January 30, 2012. Viz also released its final Shonen Jump print publication in March of that year after Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha was released."

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Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
I wonder how that's doing for sales. Not everyone has a tablet... or wants to read comics on their computer.
I imagine the diminished publishing and distribution costs figure into the decision.

Personally, I stopped my subscription to Shonen Jump because I was getting annoyed at the growing pile of them. A digital version would be much more convenient for me. I may look into it if/when I get a Kindle Fire.

Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

 

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Well, you don't have the printing, shipping, and middleman fees so a digital-only version could do with less subscribers.

I don't buy those anthologies since I get the tankobon volumes anyways. It would just be wasted paper/space, IMO.


 

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Now I'm wondering what manga magazine is sitting in the teen section of my library above the teen DVD section (which contains such teen hits as Ghostbusters and Top Secret! At least the comic book movies are over in the adult section). They might be old Shonen Jumps but I thought I remember the covers changing recently. Now I have to go to the library tomorrow to check.

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Thanks!

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I get all my manga Here btw. Huge resource.

 

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Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
I imagine the diminished publishing and distribution costs figure into the decision.

Personally, I stopped my subscription to Shonen Jump because I was getting annoyed at the growing pile of them. A digital version would be much more convenient for me. I may look into it if/when I get a Kindle Fire.
i kind of liked having the issues on hand, but admittedly the boxes do take up a fair bit of space.

i'm also one of those people who find reading physical comics and books a different experience than reading them as digital files. i do a lot of both, but there are certain aspects that don't translate well to digital.

Still i may try the digital version some time soon. Then i won't have to worry about the useless dead weight* added by whatever Yugi-Oh story is running in the back.




*This is of course only in my somewhat tactless opinion.

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Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
Personally, I stopped my subscription to Shonen Jump because I was getting annoyed at the growing pile of them. A digital version would be much more convenient for me. I may look into it if/when I get a Kindle Fire.
I think you would have to root it or something. I doubt the Viz Manga app works on the Kindle Fire. Amazon doesn't have as many apps as the regular Android does.

I thought about subscribing especially because it launched on my birthday. The only series I would read is probably One Piece though, but I'm not caught up to where the Japanese are. I've only read up to volume 64.