April 11, 2007 at 17:47Japanese young minds captured "mobile manga"
Japanese cell phone users (probably the entire population of this country are already among them) have recently been ill with a new disease: they were embraced by a passion for downloading, sharing and reading manga-style comics on their mobile phones.
Sellers of paper comics note that amateurs (or rather, amateurs - there are more of them) manga download electronic comics more and more, preferring them to regular magazines. By the way, many of the fans of this genre did not buy paper editions just because they were embarrassed to go to the store. The average comic book spends about $ 15 a month on this entertainment, and across the country the figure looks simply menacing - $ 20 million.
Via Business Week
Sellers of paper comics note that amateurs (or rather, amateurs - there are more of them) manga download electronic comics more and more, preferring them to regular magazines. By the way, many of the fans of this genre did not buy paper editions just because they were embarrassed to go to the store. The average comic book spends about $ 15 a month on this entertainment, and across the country the figure looks simply menacing - $ 20 million.
Via Business Week