| I'm surprised we don't have a thread like this already. I don't have an eReader/tablet of any kind... though for me, the reason isn't tied to manga but to actual books. I don't really like reading so much text off of a screen and my attention wanders with electronics (why read when there's some app I could be messing around with). With manga though, my biggest issue is with prices. If I were the eReader type, I wouldn't mind the prices of books because they provide hours of reading. Meanwhile I blow through manga fast. So I feel like what I'm really paying for is the art and at the current standard prices I want that art in print. The only place I've ever bought from was Netcomics and I later bought the series I really liked from them in print. |
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| I prefer printed personally. It's better for the eyes, and it gives you something to hold on to... At a cost of course. But I've only got 560 odd volumes of manga half of which is imported from Japan as opposed to having read over 5600 volumes online... As scans of course I try to keep it at a 1;10 pace. I'd definitely never pay for Manga that I couldn't touch via the devices you've mentioned though. |
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| We've had subtly different threads on the subject--mostly along the lines if you read print/digital manga versus preference I think. I think print and digital can serve different purposes. I obviously prefer print, but there's cases where digital copies are used as a lower cost alternative for a higher risk/niche title. For example, I buy all the issues of "Oyajism," a digital magazine that focuses SOLEY on romance manga featuring older men that are written for an older female audience. This would not be a viable title under a print business model. Yet I get to read it every month because digitally, it is financially viable. As for translated/licensed manga, it widely varies. I bought a Kindle manga title once. It was awful to read on the Kindle and I wouldn't do it again at those prices. I've bought a few titles from SuBLime. The quality is much better, readable, and I can download a copy to keep forever. Again, I think their digital only titles are ones that they deem too risky to do a print run of, so they do digital instead. So it's either that or nothing: it's up to someone if it's worth it. Since they are higher quality, cheaper, and have a better distribution model versus DMG, I'll probably buy titles from them occasionally in the future. I've been mostly rebuying things I already own raw copies of so far. |
| Nothing can beat the real thing! Hopefully my Japanese is pretty good so i buy them in Japanese!It's so cheap!I think i paid for my Death note collection only 22$.I don't mind paying 1-1,5 dollars for a volume. But to be honest the amount of Manga i read online exceeds by far the one i bought! |
| This world...is rotten |
| I like the "feeling" of print. |
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| Printed manga. Nothing beats the actual book. |
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| Printed. It's fun to actually hold the book and read it rather than having to stare at a screen. |
| Salmon is delicious. |
| Printed of course, it's very different to hold the manga in your hands, I personally feel better when. The only, and major, problem is that it's too freaking expensive, and I can't afford to buy everything I read on line. Moreover, some of my readings can't be found where I live. |
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| Rarely read Manga online, With that said... I won't pay for digital Manga, With Scans readily available for free there's just no point to pay. Not to mention if a company goes out of business there's a chance that you will loose your purchase.... Physical releases, I love. Holding a book is much better then looking at a screen... |
| Print. Definitely print for me by far 1) I don't have any sort of e-reader or tablet 2) I don't like having to scroll to see the whole page or sometimes zoom in 3) Physical books smell awesome, sometimes I'll just pause when reading to inhale deeply 4) Easier to flip back and forth between pages/compare things between volumes 5) Physical books look nice on a shelf, even if they are space stealing whores about it 6) Some ebooks have the DRM thing where it's on permanent rental. If you need to know why this is bad, look at what happens to all the manga bought when JManga goes out. But there are plus sides about scans, it's not like I'm against them. 1) Price, they are cheaper 2) They can't run out of copies 3) Never any potential for tight bindings making reading near the spine difficult 4) Can take a lot more volumes on the go without risking injury to precious physical books 5) Some ebooks are pdfs given to you 6) Obscure things that might be too costly to get a print release could still get a digital release. Also, Viz is re-releasing older, awesome, OOP shojo like From Far Away and Please Save My Earth. |
| "Currently playing the Game of of Life" Poppin Pills is All We Know - Antidote |
| Manga printed looks sooo much more clearer than scans, it looks insanely clear |
| Print, definitely. One of the reasons why I don't read more manga is my lack of money. I get easily frustrated having to read it on a computer screen. |
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| well i prefer print but have no money so i have to use manga scans online, its kinda annoying when some of them dont have correct english but i cant read japanes or afford proper translations so no complaining on my part as long as i can follow the story. |
| "one truth preveils" never was a bigger lie told in all of manga-land... |
| Printed. It's nice feeling when you keep manga book in your hands. And it looks so much better. Healthier for eyes too. But it's more difficult to have it. I read manga on the internet too, but I don't like to do it. But must, when I find good one. |
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| I prefer printed, yeah. I definitely like to have the manga in my actual hands. Unfortunately, I've read far more manga digitally. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| i dont really care as long as i get the story degital is wat i usally use the but the occasional series that cant be found i dont mind buying |
| I don't mind really, as long as the scans are good. A lot of berserk scans i have to zoom in a struggle to read blurred writing... in that case id rather a book. I like books though, i like to collect them :P |
| Does anyone else need a doctor to confirm that someone without a head is dead? |
| definitely print. |
| I prefer printed over digital but who has the money to buy all the volumes I've read so far (manga are rather expensive here, around 13 - 14 dollars each)? In the end I gladly accept digital ones if the quality isn't too bad. |
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| raw printed cause not everything can be translated |
| Cheers, CrossRyuu |
| Print is better, but i predominantly read digital. |
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| I definitely prefer reading from a physical book, and buy what I can when I can, but it's true I do most of my reading digitally, through scans. |
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| Printed. Nothing beats reading manga while comfortably lying on a bed or on a couch, and there's only so much time that I can spend with a nether-region warmer on my lap, although I still rely heavily on scans and digital for the many less-popular series that I follow... |
| I prefer digital by far. I think a lot of people's issue is that they try to read it on a low resolution and/or low quality screen, and end up having to scroll a lot and it gets very annoying. I read manga on my desktop monitor with a resolution of 1080x1920 (in portrait mode), most manga actually needs to be upscaled to even fit it. My laptop is 1600x1200, which in most cases barely has to be scrolled, or can be fit to screen with no problem at all. I've read manga before from a book and I really didn't like it, I didn't like having to hold it and turn each page, it looked kind of tiny to me too. I wished I was sitting in my computer chair or on my bed with my laptop looking at each page and just clicking one button to turn it. |
| I prefer printed manga. The feeling of having something in your hands while you read is nice. The downside is that it's really expensive, but so far it's worth it. I mostly use digital manga to read the manga before deciding if it's worth buying. |
| I prefer print, but my economy prefer digital :( |
| What everyone said. |
| Printed is always better in my opinion, but there are many Manga I can't get on print and can't even afford to buy so digital comes to help there. Still the main reason of preferring printed version is that I like seeing my collection expand and that I can always read them... Of course digital is easier to carry with you, but that is a different story for me. |
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| I love printed manga, but digital is rather convenient! |
| I like having the print version of a manga rather than the digital. Why? Because even though I'm not a big reader or a fast one, I still have a huge respect for books, and I like having them in my hands. The convenient thing about print is that say you have a black out, your computer stops working or internet crashes, you can just grab the book off your shelf and read (or re-read). You can even lend it to your friends. HOWEVER... Manga is kind of expensive and it's worse if the series has been out for a while and you have several volumes to get through. If it's brand new then you can easily just save up for the next book. All in all, print is better in my opinion, but digital is more convenient. |
| Print manga is much better in my opinion but there r some manga that u cant buy so i just read the scans. Also if anyone has Weekly shonen jump can u tell me how it is because i have been thinking about getting a subscription. |
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| Forever print There is just nothing like it. Plus, i'm too used to scanlations. It almost feels worthless when i have an ebook than the physical thing. |
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| I prefer printed. I like my physical copies xD I end up reading most of my manga digitally though. Online usually but I have Kindle Fire so I'll probably end up downloading some soon once I have some money and a series available to download catches my eye. |
| Print You get to feel the details..LOL. That was weird of me |
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| Absolutely and forever print. |
| "Your argument is like a naked banana--it simply lacks appeal." |
| I'd prefer print, but since its not available in my country, digital is the only choice. |
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| Printed but most of the mangas I want to read are not being sold in my country so I have to read them online :( |
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| I prefer to buy prints, most of the time i'll only read scanlations if there is no official translated release planned. |
| Print is preferred, when I have no money to buy them with I go to the library and check them out. |
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| Printed. Too bad it is harder to access all of the ones I want. |
| Print. I don't especially like reading manga page-by-page on an electronic device, particularly not a computer. Kindles aren't much better. Call me old fashioned, but I like ink and paper best. |
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| I prefer the printed manga because it gives me 'the feel' when I'm reading it. But since I can't get the printed versions of most of the mangas I want to read, I go with the digital. |
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| To be honest...i love both of them. To read Manga with my tablet is as great as with Tankōbon. However the printed Version is noncommittal and that's what i like the most. |
| I can read printed manga for a lot longer, that's the main difference to me. I'm also a manga collector so that's another. |
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| Print is definitely better and I don't get as much eye strain. |
| printed. i like to own the physical copy of something and i just prefer to actually feel the book in my hands when i read it. |
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