Getting Physical

pytom · Post by **pytom** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:00 am

I'm somewhat curious as to when we can expect printed copies of the various gomanga books to start showing up in places where I (and by extension others) can buy them. There hasn't been an annoucement on the home page, even though the print date was yesterday.

So what's up?

Post by **Adam_Arnold** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:27 am

Blade for Barter Vol. 1 hit comic shops Wednesday and will be in bookstores by Feb. 28. There will be an official announcement at/around that time.

All other dates are posted on the series property pages under "manga" at the top of Gomanga.com.

We're working on a complete list of places, but a few off the big ones are...

Borders
Waldenbooks
Barnes & Noble
Amazon.com
RightStuf.com

pytom · Post by **pytom** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:32 am

Ah. Many places (okay, Amazon) are listing the date as 2/15... So I was beginning to get worried.

Post by **Adam_Arnold** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:07 am

They'll probably list them as such until they get their shipments from the printers. Don't worry, they're on the way! ^_^

Ryokosha · Post by **Ryokosha** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:31 pm

What concerns me about online shops such as Amazon is they show the publish date of the 15, claim it is still not published at the same time, and show a ship date of about April 20th if you try and "pre-order". You think this will cease to be a problem on all online places once they get it in?

Apologies too asked this somewhere else but I guess the answer as to why it is in none of the bookstores yet is it is too early? I should look again around March 1st?

What do you define as "Comic Shops?" Places that sell hobby stuff and comics or comics only?

Hai · Post by **Hai** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:12 pm

I heard Blade for Barter is now available at Meltdown Comics in LA.

Cheers!
HAI!

Post by **Adam_Arnold** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:50 pm

uganimefan02 wrote:What concerns me about online shops such as Amazon is they show the publish date of the 15, claim it is still not published at the same time, and show a ship date of about April 20th if you try and "pre-order". You think this will cease to be a problem on all online places once they get it in?

I actually can't vouch for how Amazon.com lists pre-orders. Once they get their orders from the printers, then they should just list them as being available and the pre-order problem you describe should clear up. I can't be certain though.

Apologies too asked this somewhere else but I guess the answer as to why it is in none of the bookstores yet is it is too early? I should look again around March 1st?

Books must first come from the printers and then go to the store's warehouse. Once there, it is then shipped out to the stores. So, it takes a little longer.

What do you define as "Comic Shops?" Places that sell hobby stuff and comics or comics only?

Any store that uses Diamond Distributors to get their books on a weekly basis (i.e. Wednesday). Generally, these are comic shops like the one Hai mentioned above.

Ryokosha · Post by **Ryokosha** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:43 am

Okay, thanks for all that information, I now have a good idea of where to look this weekend.