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Yaoi Press titles are on sale at 43% off at our store. Most other books (June, Deux) are on sale too. Our clearance area has some amazing deals, like $2 anime DVDs. It's worth checking out!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October Yaoi Press Newsletter
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| We have restocked our clearance area! You can get all sorts of yaoi, shounen-ai, shoujo, and seinen manga and anime titles for up to 75% off! This includes the ultra-hot Manga Tarot Deck, Return to Labyrinth, Moe USA, and dozens more items! |
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Would you love to play a yaoi card game? And have it made by the same people who brought you those beautiful yaoi poker card decks? Well...maybe Yaoi Press will be annoncing one at Yaoi Con this year. :D Get the scoup at the Yaoi Press industry panel Saturday, 11am in Main Events B (Convene 2). Yamila Abraham will also be part of the Boy’s Love Research: Beyond the Ivory Tower: 2PM in Panel C (Connect 5). And you dang sure better check out the WINTER DEMON COSPLAYERS in our booths in the dealers room! We have three tables to the immediate right of the main entrance. We're bringing extra good goodies with super sale discounts! :D We also have a special treat in your con bags. Will you RESIST THE URGE TO REMOVE? :o Can't make it? Well Everythingyaoi.com is your year round Yaoi Con! We will make sure you get all the news and goodies we can from the show. Any anime convention that has Yaoi Press will bring Everythingyaoi.com to you! Plus you'll have a full Yaoi Program by the boisterous Yamila Abraham. Ask for her to be made a guest on the forums of your nearest anime show. We bring the whole Everythingyaoi.com store with us (seriously!) and you get Yaoipalooza, Yaoi Press Industry, Graphic Novel/Erotic writing, and the Yaoi Let's Make a Squeal Game show! :D
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| Great Place High School: Student Council It’s the renowned Great Place Academy, home of the most famous, most terrifying student council president, Rin Amanohara, and vice-president, Eichi Shidoh. Is there anyone—within the school or without—brash enough to oppose them!? That’s what’s been bothering Amanohara lately, with the emergence of the Information Management Club, whose members are independently organized. Every day they meet it’s like a rebellion. But even there, the fires of love find ways to ignite. And how will this partnership progress as a secret love grows bolder? | |
| Kabuki Vol. 2: Red In his former life, the mysterious Kageya was an obedient young boy who lived only to serve his elder master Kounosuke. But now, after a strange accident transports both men many decades into the future, it's Kageya who's become the stern adult! Unfortunately, Kounosuke is now a mere child with no real power or will of his own. With his former page now bossing him around, Kounosuke must learn to deal with bitter resentment...and the lingering doubt that comes when his heart's one true wish goes unanswered! | |
| Once, Nozomi and Coyote had a bitter hatred for each other. But when Coyote risks his life to save Nozomi, Coyote’s true feelings are made clear to Nozomi, and now Nozomi decides to forgive everything from their past and takes steps to love Coyote. That’s when the surveillance system, ISIS, starts going berserk and tries to prevent the two of them from acting on their feelings. | |
| Blue Sheep Reverie Vol. 2 In the city called "Dawn" is a man with the name of “Night.” Every evening, Kai is embraced by “Steel Lahti,” opening himself to him. It’s unclear if that truly can be called love, but that doesn’t even matter anymore. Kai doesn’t just want to be held softly and treated sweetly… As "Steel Lahti" and Kai whirl round and round each other, what will happen as their love and their hatred become complexly intertwined? | |
Mad Love Chase! | |
| Cause of My Teacher In a cute, bittersweet school yard romance by boys love creators Temari Matsumoto, a student who is fond of eyeglasses finds that his teacher has something very special to teach him. |
| Exotic and Delicious Fate When Miyashiro, the head of a well-established Japanese restaurant, is seduced by Haruhi, a chef-in-training visiting from a sister restaurant, the next day and every day after invites continuous sexual advances! Even as he struggles to resist Haruhi's proposals, what will happen as Miyashiro becomes moved by Haruhi's unwavering attempts? | |
| Devil Inside Kouma is virtually predisposed to falling in love wherever he goes, but he’s constantly grating on people’s nerves and he’s the king of getting his heart broken. But what happens when a strange yet handsome fortune-teller makes a bold prediction—that Kouma will soon meet the man of his destiny!? And later, what is Kouma to make of it when he reunites with the fortune-teller and begins to fall in love with him…?! Set in a magic shop and dealing with the sweetest of living arrangements, Rico Fukiyama depicts a sweet love story of magical happiness. | |
| La Satanica Even though Mashita and Matsushima have known each other for years, they’re having trouble admitting their true feelings. If the two are in love, then what’s holding them back? Mashita likes to play games with Matsushima’s head and heart, forcing Matsushima to try and figure out what he can do to make Mashita happy. But when the real fooling around starts, will they allow their relationship to take off, or will there be hell to pay? The heat goes up as Mashita and Matsushima come to realize that love isn’t just about fun and games. Momoko Tenzen (Seven, Unsophisticated and Rude) shows how twisted romance can be, and how devilish love always is, in this full-length, high school romance! | |
| Ciao Ciao Bambino Soon after taking a part-time job as a cram-school lecturer, Yoh meets Yuta, a boy of peerless beauty. While Yoh thinks it’s cute how Yuta pines for him, why is it that when Yuta acts so manly from time to time it makes Yoh’s heart beat faster…? Another airy love story from Momoko Tenzen. | |
| DMP is introducing new artists of the manga industry in this collection of doujinshi oneshots. Debuting in America are Kometa Yonekura, Shiori Ikezawa, Haruki Fujimoto and Goroh, and many many more! This is a one of a kind doujinshi collection you don’t want to miss! | |
| After a night of serious boozing, a jilted young man named Ryuka speaks his wish for true love atop a starlit hill. His words reach the ears of Ixto, the spirit of the last quarter moon, who decides to grant Ryuka’s wish. Unfortunately for Ryuka, Ixto’s handpicked selections to be the young man’s lover are all men themselves! And when his rejection of these choices leads to an unexpected night of passion that casts a spell on him, will Ryuka give in to his enchanted body’s urge to chase after Ixto and journey through worlds unknown, or will his mind win over his heart? Critically-acclaimed boys’ love mangaka Hyouta Fujiyama lends her copious talents to this wacky, role-playing fantasy-romance that will tickle your funny bone and tug at your heart! | |
| The kingdom of Bavaria was absorbed into the German Empire during the latter half of the 19th century. The stunningly handsome king of Bavaria— who never married and who would have operas and plays privately staged for him—wandered between fantasy and reality, alone in his extravagant crystal palace, Neuschwanstein. “I want to remain an eternal mystery to myself and others,” Ludwig II once said, and now we reach the final act of his drama. | |
| "Welcome home, mademoiselle!" At the butler cafe, Lady Braganza, the five apprentice butlers known as the Happy Boys have been waiting for you! It's their mission to bring happiness to the ladies who visit the cafe and to become the perfect butler. | |
| Boys Love Magazine editor Mamiya meets popular high school model Noeru Kisaragi for a story Mamiya’s working on. When Noeru suddenly tries to go down on Mamiya and makes sexual advances at him, Mamiya turns him down flat. But Mamiya’s loneliness starts to get to him and he decides to try starting over with Noeru on equal footing. Mamiya’s sincerity causes Noeru to open his heart as well, and before long the two begin to form a deep emotional connection, but… |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Yaoi Press on Emanga
Yaoi Press has teamed with Digital Manga to make our titles available on Emanga.com. Right now Emanga is hosting the out of print Yaoi Hentai vol. 1, and the soon to be out of print vol. 2. More titles will be available there soon. We're so excited to be collaborating with DMP!
If you're at the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday please stop by booth D19 to visit Yaoi Press. We will be having a special session of our 'Yaoi: Let's Make a Squeal' game show at the fair, and will have all our books and merchandise available for sale.
Otakumex was a blast last weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out. This is truly the crown jewel of the Animeland convention circuit. I (Yamila) always have such a fantastic time being a guest there.
I'm looking forward to the big one: YAOI CON!
If you can't make it to San Francisco, don't fret. St. Louis Missouri hosts Bishie Con this November. See you there!
If you're at the West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday please stop by booth D19 to visit Yaoi Press. We will be having a special session of our 'Yaoi: Let's Make a Squeal' game show at the fair, and will have all our books and merchandise available for sale.
Otakumex was a blast last weekend. Thanks to everyone who came out. This is truly the crown jewel of the Animeland convention circuit. I (Yamila) always have such a fantastic time being a guest there.
I'm looking forward to the big one: YAOI CON!
If you can't make it to San Francisco, don't fret. St. Louis Missouri hosts Bishie Con this November. See you there!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
$5 Yaoi Sale
From now until September 18th Yaoi Press graphic novels are $5 each at Everythingyaoi.com. Our comics are $.99 each. Even the art books are only $5 each!
Be sure to check us out at Otakumex the weekend of the 25th in Albuquerque New Mexico!
Then we're actually going to be in Utah! OMG! At Anime St. George on October 10th.
See you there!!
Be sure to check us out at Otakumex the weekend of the 25th in Albuquerque New Mexico!
Then we're actually going to be in Utah! OMG! At Anime St. George on October 10th.
See you there!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Yaoi and Kindle
UPDATE: There is a Global Kindle now. People in Australia can also read Kindle books on their computers!!
A somewhat infamous Australian customer recently bought a Kindle. I say infamous because every online yaoi shop will know who I'm talking about. She's the girl who buys $400+ worth of books twice a month or so. She buys multiple copies of the same title showing that she's selling the books in her native Australia.
A convention vendor did a show in Australia to sell dojinshi. He did terrible. This made me think there may not be a market for yaoi in Australia. Well, of course that's not true. Japanese language dojinshi have to be more easily accessed by Australians than English language manga. The demand there is for the translated stuff. That demand is not being met.
Our distribution to Australia has always been poor. The transportation costs of the books just add too much to the cover price to make retailers feel it's worth stocking.
They're wrong.
I see from this Australian girl's cottage industry that even when she's buying yaoi at American retail prices, adding the cost of shipping, and adding a tidy mark-up above that, she's able to sell the books by the box full. I've seen some of her sales listings. She has no problem getting the equivalent of $30 USD for a copy of Crimson Spell.
Still, it's not an ideal situation. We know how tight budgets can get. In the USA fans don't have enough money to buy all the yaoi they want. Imagine how that is for Australian fans? They don't have their own yaoi manga publishers there. It's all imports from the USA.
Enter the Kindle. My Australian friend saw Digital Manga's Kindle web site. She emailed Maria at our store everythingyaoi.com and asked what the heck a Kindle was. Her next email told us she'd bought one.
Digital distribution is the answer for countries like Australia. Shipping and customs costs make import of niche manga just too expensive. The Kindle would be a Godsend. Take away the customs costs. Take away the shipping costs. Even get it at a discount over USA retail prices. There would finally be an alternative to online piracy for them.
I hope Australians reading this didn't stop at the paragraph above and run out to buy a Kindle. If you did you'll find that you have to hunt for a reseller who ships to Australia. Then, once you get a power adaptor to charge the thing in an Australian outlet, you'll find that you can't download the Kindle ebooks. There's a region block. Even if one of your USA buddies lets you use their address to register it you won't be able to download the Kindle ebooks in Australia.
1. Dear Amazon - Make the Kindle work 100% in Australia! That would be such a boon to Yaoi Press and other niche publishers who have insurmountable hurdles exporting books there. It's better for the environment and cheaper for all concerned.
2. Dear Australians, for now, don't buy a Kindle unless you use it strictly as a PDF ebook viewer. You won't be able to download the Kindle ebooks unless you do what our friend did.
What did our friend do? She mailed Maria her Kindle with a shopping list. Right now it consists of every book DMP has offered via the Kindle. She's also going to get several Yaoi Press Kindle books for free. Although we're not live on the Kindle yet we have submitted the first couple of titles as of last week.
All Yaoi Press books will be available on the Kindle before the end of the year.
Maria has turned over this Kindle to me to put the Yaoi Press titles on it. We told our friend that we would do this.
I know I should have my own Kindle since this is a new platform for our books. (I also know I should have my own iPhone since our books are going up on iTunes). But I don't want one. As a consumer I have almost no need for one. I'd rather spend $300 to pay an artist to draw something for Yaoi Press. 'Borrowing' a Kindle like this is a great opportunity. I want to see what our books look like on the Kindle screen (as well as our friend publisher's books).
I'm not certain of the legality of doing this favor for my friend. From my perspective I see Kindle being most useful outside the USA. I resent that there's blocks in place. Yaoi Press books have universal English rights (we make most of our titles from scratch). Other companies don't have world-wide rights, and need to assure their license partners that they aren't overstepping their boundaries. That said, no one seems to be licensing yaoi in Australia. It's silly when there are already English language versions of the books out there.
There should be a way for Australians to be able to access those books without the enormous costs they face right now.
A somewhat infamous Australian customer recently bought a Kindle. I say infamous because every online yaoi shop will know who I'm talking about. She's the girl who buys $400+ worth of books twice a month or so. She buys multiple copies of the same title showing that she's selling the books in her native Australia.
A convention vendor did a show in Australia to sell dojinshi. He did terrible. This made me think there may not be a market for yaoi in Australia. Well, of course that's not true. Japanese language dojinshi have to be more easily accessed by Australians than English language manga. The demand there is for the translated stuff. That demand is not being met.
Our distribution to Australia has always been poor. The transportation costs of the books just add too much to the cover price to make retailers feel it's worth stocking.
They're wrong.
I see from this Australian girl's cottage industry that even when she's buying yaoi at American retail prices, adding the cost of shipping, and adding a tidy mark-up above that, she's able to sell the books by the box full. I've seen some of her sales listings. She has no problem getting the equivalent of $30 USD for a copy of Crimson Spell.
Still, it's not an ideal situation. We know how tight budgets can get. In the USA fans don't have enough money to buy all the yaoi they want. Imagine how that is for Australian fans? They don't have their own yaoi manga publishers there. It's all imports from the USA.
Enter the Kindle. My Australian friend saw Digital Manga's Kindle web site. She emailed Maria at our store everythingyaoi.com and asked what the heck a Kindle was. Her next email told us she'd bought one.
Digital distribution is the answer for countries like Australia. Shipping and customs costs make import of niche manga just too expensive. The Kindle would be a Godsend. Take away the customs costs. Take away the shipping costs. Even get it at a discount over USA retail prices. There would finally be an alternative to online piracy for them.
I hope Australians reading this didn't stop at the paragraph above and run out to buy a Kindle. If you did you'll find that you have to hunt for a reseller who ships to Australia. Then, once you get a power adaptor to charge the thing in an Australian outlet, you'll find that you can't download the Kindle ebooks. There's a region block. Even if one of your USA buddies lets you use their address to register it you won't be able to download the Kindle ebooks in Australia.
1. Dear Amazon - Make the Kindle work 100% in Australia! That would be such a boon to Yaoi Press and other niche publishers who have insurmountable hurdles exporting books there. It's better for the environment and cheaper for all concerned.
2. Dear Australians, for now, don't buy a Kindle unless you use it strictly as a PDF ebook viewer. You won't be able to download the Kindle ebooks unless you do what our friend did.
What did our friend do? She mailed Maria her Kindle with a shopping list. Right now it consists of every book DMP has offered via the Kindle. She's also going to get several Yaoi Press Kindle books for free. Although we're not live on the Kindle yet we have submitted the first couple of titles as of last week.
All Yaoi Press books will be available on the Kindle before the end of the year.
Maria has turned over this Kindle to me to put the Yaoi Press titles on it. We told our friend that we would do this.
I know I should have my own Kindle since this is a new platform for our books. (I also know I should have my own iPhone since our books are going up on iTunes). But I don't want one. As a consumer I have almost no need for one. I'd rather spend $300 to pay an artist to draw something for Yaoi Press. 'Borrowing' a Kindle like this is a great opportunity. I want to see what our books look like on the Kindle screen (as well as our friend publisher's books).
I'm not certain of the legality of doing this favor for my friend. From my perspective I see Kindle being most useful outside the USA. I resent that there's blocks in place. Yaoi Press books have universal English rights (we make most of our titles from scratch). Other companies don't have world-wide rights, and need to assure their license partners that they aren't overstepping their boundaries. That said, no one seems to be licensing yaoi in Australia. It's silly when there are already English language versions of the books out there.
There should be a way for Australians to be able to access those books without the enormous costs they face right now.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
A Rest Between Shows
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for Yaoi Press, and for me (Yamila) personally. I had several shows in fast succession starting with Anime Expo, then Otakon, then Anime Tucon.
Otakon was a great show, as usual. I regret not doing our Industry panel there. I know it's my fault for not making it happen. It's tough to keep track of every detail when there are so many shows in such a short time. I know a lot of people came by the booth saying the missed it this year. It was one of the few Yaoi Panels people under 18 could attend.
Anime Tucon stands out as one of the most fun conventions I've done in a long time. This was our first time in Tucson. I found the crowd was starved for Yaoi. I sold as many books to a show of 300 or so attendees as I usually sell at shows of 3,000.
The live yaoi shows caused a hysteria. People asked the participants to replay the scenes over and over, even to the point of being a nuisance. They really acted like they'd never seen two guys kiss before. Everyone was showing me the pictures and video they took of the scene with such amazement. They were asking me questions after, like if I ever set up shows like this before. They were trying to make the moment last as though it were a once in a lifetime thing. I remember that the reaction to the Live Yaoi Shows in Phoenix were more extreme than in other places, but Tucson really went nuts for them.
And for me also. I was attacked with unwelcome glomps several times when walking to my hotel room or the bathroom. New friend Warky (singer/songwriter/MC and fellow guest) jokingly commented that he needed to be my body guard when we were walking together. I took him up on this. As many people know I'm not comfortable hugging strangers. I do 'aura-hugs' so the kids at shows don't feel like I'm rejecting them. I've had shows were one or two people attack me with a hug without asking first. I never had to fight off as much love as at this show.
I know it's well-meaning. I don't mean for my boundaries to offend friendly kids. At the first show Yaoi Press did (PMX in California, 2005) I hugged a sweaty, grimey fan who passed their BO onto me for the rest of the day. I was throwing up in my mouth the rest of the day. I think it traumatized me about hugging strangers from then on. It made hugging people I don't know feel icky. When I hug a friend I get a warm feeling and I want to hold on. If I'm not there with a person yet I don't want to get that intimate. I hope people will understand.
I used to claim I was a germaphobe to avoid hugs, but I knew I couldn't get away with that at this show where I'm so close to the staff. I did a 'live yuri show' with con-chair AT on stage at closing ceremonies. I love her dearly!
Anime Tucon was the first show where I didn't hole up in my hotel room when I wasn't at a scheduled event. I played Mahjong with 3 new friends in the artist alley lobby area until it was time to do my Yaoi Hentaipalooza panel. This wasn't Mahjong solitaire like most people play on their computers. We played American-style 4 player mahjong. It was easy to learn and lots of fun. It was good research for the custom yaoi mahjong sets we'll be coming out with toward the end of the year.
There were many wonderful moments at this show. I'm so glad I came out. I'm looking forward to Otakumex, which is put on by the same group. I hope to see you there in September!
Otakon was a great show, as usual. I regret not doing our Industry panel there. I know it's my fault for not making it happen. It's tough to keep track of every detail when there are so many shows in such a short time. I know a lot of people came by the booth saying the missed it this year. It was one of the few Yaoi Panels people under 18 could attend.
Anime Tucon stands out as one of the most fun conventions I've done in a long time. This was our first time in Tucson. I found the crowd was starved for Yaoi. I sold as many books to a show of 300 or so attendees as I usually sell at shows of 3,000.
The live yaoi shows caused a hysteria. People asked the participants to replay the scenes over and over, even to the point of being a nuisance. They really acted like they'd never seen two guys kiss before. Everyone was showing me the pictures and video they took of the scene with such amazement. They were asking me questions after, like if I ever set up shows like this before. They were trying to make the moment last as though it were a once in a lifetime thing. I remember that the reaction to the Live Yaoi Shows in Phoenix were more extreme than in other places, but Tucson really went nuts for them.
And for me also. I was attacked with unwelcome glomps several times when walking to my hotel room or the bathroom. New friend Warky (singer/songwriter/MC and fellow guest) jokingly commented that he needed to be my body guard when we were walking together. I took him up on this. As many people know I'm not comfortable hugging strangers. I do 'aura-hugs' so the kids at shows don't feel like I'm rejecting them. I've had shows were one or two people attack me with a hug without asking first. I never had to fight off as much love as at this show.
I know it's well-meaning. I don't mean for my boundaries to offend friendly kids. At the first show Yaoi Press did (PMX in California, 2005) I hugged a sweaty, grimey fan who passed their BO onto me for the rest of the day. I was throwing up in my mouth the rest of the day. I think it traumatized me about hugging strangers from then on. It made hugging people I don't know feel icky. When I hug a friend I get a warm feeling and I want to hold on. If I'm not there with a person yet I don't want to get that intimate. I hope people will understand.
I used to claim I was a germaphobe to avoid hugs, but I knew I couldn't get away with that at this show where I'm so close to the staff. I did a 'live yuri show' with con-chair AT on stage at closing ceremonies. I love her dearly!
Anime Tucon was the first show where I didn't hole up in my hotel room when I wasn't at a scheduled event. I played Mahjong with 3 new friends in the artist alley lobby area until it was time to do my Yaoi Hentaipalooza panel. This wasn't Mahjong solitaire like most people play on their computers. We played American-style 4 player mahjong. It was easy to learn and lots of fun. It was good research for the custom yaoi mahjong sets we'll be coming out with toward the end of the year.
There were many wonderful moments at this show. I'm so glad I came out. I'm looking forward to Otakumex, which is put on by the same group. I hope to see you there in September!
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