TOKYOPOP - Still on the Ball

Three days ago I made a Twitter post about Tokyopop's new format for showing manga contributions on their site. If you are reading this post on the Yaoi Press blog site (http://www.yaoipress.com/blog.html) you should see three of our most recent Twitters on the right. Click the 'Yaoi Press Twitter' link on the bottom of those posts to see all our Twitters. For those of you reading this from a feed you can access our Twitter account here: http://twitter.com/yaoipress

Here's what I wrote:

"Tokyopop made manga contributions unreadable. Should not have invited us to put up previews if this is where they were headed. Very unhappy."

First of all, I recant this. I was wrong. I'm not as savvy with online video as I should be, and did not realize there was a way to make the small preview videos go to full-screen mode. (See our Tokyopop manga portfolio here: http://www.tokyopop.com/yaoipress/manga)

I realized this yesterday, hence the prior blog post where I've embedded previews of our upcoming releases. I also embedded the video on our graphic novels page and on our listings in our online store. I also emailed all of our creators letting them know they could embed dynamic previews of their Yaoi Press manga on their different sites. Once I figured out that it was essentially a Youtube type thing I embraced it. Tokyopop's new platform is a way to spread previews of Yaoi Press manga throughout the Internet. I love what they've done.

Yes, they're still on the ball. Not only with this helpful upgrade, but they are still watching Yaoi Press and communicating with us. I really thought that time was over. I knew they had restructured and downsized, and I assumed they didn't have time to continue to cultivate our relationship with them. Again, I was wrong.

My knee-jerk Twitter post got to Jeremy Ross, the executive who'd invited us to post previews on Tokyopop in the first place. He called me this morning. He didn't know I'd figured out things since my 'tweet.' I was glad I could show him how I'd embraced the new content on our site and in our store. I was also glad to know that they were still committed to the goals we'd discussed in our first meeting.

Tokyopop paved the way for Yaoi Press to start our OEL line of manga. It makes sense that we cooperate with them to continue to thrive. They remain a strong pillar in the world of manga publishing. They've been good to the Yaoi Press creators who now work with them. They've been helpful to Yaoi Press. They have not abandoned us.

I encouraged our creators to take advantage of the dynamic content Tokyopop has now put at our disposal. The same goes for everyone who'd like to show our manga previews. Below is the preview for ANIMA, our new title coming out in November:



You can embed this preview on your site or blog by clicking the 'Embed' button on the bottom right, and copying and pasting the code where needed.

Some users have been unable to get the preview to go to full-screen mode. As Jeremy explained to me it's because of a problem with your Adobe Flash upgrades. Adobe recommends a full uninstall of Flash, and to install the newest version from scratch.