http://www.earlyword.com/2010/08/25/are-libraries-the-answer-to-free-online-comics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-libraries-the-answer-to-free-online-comics The Publisher | Librarian Connection Mon, 13 May 2013 10:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.earlyword.com/2010/08/25/are-libraries-the-answer-to-free-online-comics/#comment-59481 Kimi-Chan Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:21 +0000 http://www.earlyword.com/?p=32504#comment-59481 Actually DMP’s Emanga and Netcomic’s netcomics.com carry other publishers as well. DMP hosts independent manga publications, Yaoi press, and harlequin for example. Before Aurora went under, Netcomics also hosted their titles. Also, about half of the readers of scanlations live outside the US, so libraries won’t carry the works as its (foreign language) imported material. legal online downloads (Kindle, Zinio, etc) and e-reader services will help end this, and in the US, libraries can also form part of the solution, but are not a magic bullet. I think only a combo of approaches will help stem it.

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