American writers are now being formally published as LNs instead of being ignored and having to self publish. How badly are they gonna fuck this up?
>>282020689couldn't be much worse than bottom of the barrel Japanese shit unless the twitterniggers somehow infect it.
>>282020717You say that like you think they won't be the first ones published.
>>282020689When will they admit that their Young Adult section is actually LN equivalent.
>>282020689nothing wrong with it as long you know japanese
>>282020717>unless the twitterniggers somehow infect itYou know they 100% will
>>282020833Funny thing is Japanese publishers have been releasing western novels as LNs in Japan but they're rarely ever YA novels. Bridgerton and The Wheel of Time were both released as LNs in Japan.
>Leak claims JNC is focusing more on women>JNC announces BL label>JNC announces they're gonna release English original light novelsGo woke go broke
>>282020717>if it comes from autistic Americans and Europeans disenfranchised by the faggotisation of western fictio100x better than the Japs>if the faggots get a hold of it before the autists100x worseIt would be nice to get actual fantasy with worldbuilding instead of Wizardry/DQ isekai crap
>>282021038Is there even a difference between them?
>>282021038Going from the standard Jap LN to something like Wheel of Time must be incredibly jarring.
>>282021175The disenfranchised autists from /v/ and /pol/ that you’re talking about don’t create things because reactionaries are soulless husksThat’s one of the reasons for the prevalence of progressives in the arts
>>282021293>the most famous fantasy novel of all time was written by a "soulless reactionary husk"it's actually because the progressives created an inbred circlejerk of publishing where only "Niggerfaggot Chronicles V" is allowed to see the light of day. Just look at the SFWA.
>>282020689i dont watch cartoons, play western games, read woke westoid "literature"
>>282021451pleb
Fuck off >>>/co/
>>282021401Yeah see the thing is you soulless husks all write filth like that because none of you are Tolkien. He still gets published too so it’s not like you’re actually shut out of the industry if even a single one of you wasn’t a total failure with zero talent, no discipline, and a child’s mind.
Has Japan released the best seller about the minotaur gloryhole yet?
>>282021525>Publishing is dominated by white liberal women>he thinks this has zero influence on the types of books being published nownotice how we have no modern Gene Wolfes, Poul Andersons or Robert Jordans?
>>282021401>the most famous fantasy novel of all timeI bet it's still not as good as Ascendance of a Bookworm
>>282021525see >>282021644
>>282021756What is the difference between those dudes and Brandon Sanderson or that Game of Thrones Martin guy? There are plenty of white dudes publishing genre fiction.Where are these unpublished masterpieces?
>Eschewing the common fantasy, overpowered setting for a real sci-fi feeling mega-corporation far future, with awesome mecha (exo-suit) battles against sentai-esque “heros”, all wrapped up in a relatable story about struggling with prejudice and just trying to make ends meet, gave us a fresh feeling while still undoubtedly a “light novel” through and through. Any entry with a Guts-sized greatsword… ahem, chainsaw sword, is going to the top of the pile and this one
>>282021948>comparing long established authors from being organizations like the SFWA shit the bed completely being able to get published to some nobodies unable to get their foot in through the door because the women in charge of the publishing companies prefer monsterfucking porn like >>282021644
>>282022048>from before*
>>282022048Okay so who are the authors being turned because of this mythical embargo? Who is supposed to be good enough to get published but is getting overlooked? I want names since this is an apparent blind spot for the system; might make for amusing reading.
>>282021175I mostly agree with this but I'd remind you that autistic Japs and true otaku can still produce great content. I also think that the guys in the West who are fed up with modern Western bullshit aren't really the creative types; you know it's the bluehairs and fat queens and gay rainbiw dicked wolf fursona MtF troons who are going to be writing and setting up buisnesses in this sector.
But what about their magic policy.
>>282022137The only place I've seen them kick up a fuss is twitter. And it's always the same thing "I went to a bookstore today and there were no new books from men! BUY MY BOOK TO SHOW THAT MEN DESERVE TO BE PUBLISHED."And then their book is the most generic boring thing in existence.
>>282021293Those reactionaries aren't the only people disenfranchised, normal liberals are too. The sort of people that don't want collectivist patriotism for some shit country and MAGAshit or the enforced pronouns and the big sissy basedworld of leftists beaten into them by an empowered state.And looking at the current state of western media and arts I wouldn't be proud to claim responsibility if I was a 'progressive' leftist, although I suppose to them this stuff is great.
>>282022137Don't take my word for it. Take it from a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Elizabeth Strout. Google what she has to say about the state of the publishing industry, retard.
Nowadays most of the western fantasy that I see on the shelves is romantasy for woman...
>>282022137The publishing industry is infamous for being dominated by retarded millennial liberal white women looking for porn, YA shit or both.
>>282022356What where she says she wishes there were more male authors and readers? She’s said a lot so you’ll have to be more specific if that’s not the one. I wish more men would read too but that’s a choice and most just don’t want to invest the time.
>LN English releases target men>Lucky to sell 2000 digital and physical copies>Danmei English releases targets women>Sells over 20000 physical copies and gets reprinted straight away before even including digital salesIs the issue really that men don't get published? Or that women actually spend money on books while men don't?
>>282022650Men read, you moron. They're just not reading the dogshit you see in your average Barnes & Noblesand that's precisely the point seen in >>282022420
>>282022895So what are they reading that isn’t available from mainstream publishing? Who are the geniuses of this disenfranchised caste unable to get published despite the pull they have with that sought demographic of consumers?
>>282022980>So what are they reading that isn’t available from mainstream publishing?old pulp fiction, non-fiction, pop history philosophy, fantasy fiction, classics, comics, MANGAyou saying this shit while you're on /a/ and pretending men don't read is the most retarded ignorant shit I've seen this week.
>>282022980manga, dumbass
>>282023045I mean the fact that no one can produce the name of one of these white dudes who should get published but is getting denied kind of tells me that most men don’t read, especially the ones who pretend to care about literature.
>>282023045>old pulp fictionDidn't JNC literally try like 5 of these and they sold like shit?
>>282021644I wonder if women will still buy in droves if the monster was some muscular cthullu face creature.
>>282023148>kind of tells me that most men don’t read, especially the ones who pretend to care about literature.well, you clearly don't read, that's for sure, because all this information is one google search away, you faggot. You're on a board devoted partially to reading manga, no less.
>>282023231Probably
>>282023325>Romantasy picks to cure your ACOTAR Hangoverwhat the fuck does that mean
>>282023325>barbarian>bigger blue man with hornswut>dragon man>no wings>no tail REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>282020689take westshit to /lit/ or neck yourself
>>282023148I think men just read older books, especially when it comes to literature. I don't really know much about literature old or modern but I have at least read a few 'classics'. I couldn't name more than few modern male lit autors. Publishing may all be run by a female majority who exist within the typical rich, white westerner's lefty bubble but I don't really believe there are loads of creative type men out there with quality lit writing waiting to be published, and I am definitely not refering to the fan fic tier blog novels that people of both genders write. I don't think writing fiction and literature appeals very much to modern men, or historically to most men, I certainly have no interest.
>>282020689>Her/himIt's she/he, numbnuts
>>282021644Is this actually a book about a woman giving blowjobs to monster cows?
>>282023279I mean specifically this notion that white dudes are unjustly bumped out of the industry. Who are those guys? If you actually give a fuck about this instead of just collecting empty grievances like every other reactionary cunt then surely you know the male disenfranchised reader community consensus on the top guys who write great things that nasty feminist dominated publishing won’t touch. The vast proliferation of self published erotica skip to the point that it has become a licensed genre of fodder for brick and mortar demonstrates that audiences form where the recognition of merit is even outside the traditional distribution system. Who is it? I don’t need more obfuscation with charts, I want to go read an unrecognized masterpiece.
>>282023485>Sword of Kaigen>A Touch of Light>Orconomics >Riyria Revelations>Yarnsworld>We Men of Ash and Shadowthat's off the top of my head, not even taking into account how hard it is to find good self-published books purely due to lack of publicity while "local whore fucks monsters" gets picked up no matter how trashy it is.Like any progressive faggot you despise evidence and testimony and exist purely off vibes and gut feeling and so are immune to me giving any, I see.
>>282023461Yes.She takes up a job working a gloryhole for minotaur's and then falls in love with one
>>282023690That really is just woman porn. Do they just go around horny while reading this or do they just pick it up when they want to schlick? Men generally don't read/watch porn unless it-s fap time
>>282023688It’s hilarious that you’d say I hate evidence after I had to extract examples from you like teeth but you have to do a bunch of bluster to avoid any sense of defeat I guess
>>282023688>Asks for evidence and keeps doing so like half a dozen times after getting repeatedly brushed off>bro you hate evidenceCmon man
>>282023769well now that I've given you examples of self-published works I've read and can vouch for while only giving you evidence of a skewed publishing industry as well as proof men still do read perhaps now you can finally shut your lying mouth?for each example I do give I just know there are dozens of works that never did see the light of day thanks to the cunts.But go ahead, keep pretending it's the fault of men even though men are reading more than ever, just not the dogshit your ilk wants them to read.
>>282022727men just want to play video games
>>282023819No that’s just childish whining lolIf some young white dude was writing Tolkien but no one would publish him he’d be the king of reactionary grievance grifting and you’d never shut up about him.
Aren't women some of the biggest readers/buyers of LNs in Japan too? Redo of Healer is apparently popular with women
For me it is Leo Tolstoy's otome LN Anna Karenina.
Reminder that English LN publishers are too scared to publish porn for men, but are happy enough to license porn for women.
>>282023992Funny thing is it was published as a LN in Japan
>>282023921>conjecturenice one, there. Or have you considered the fact they don't need to be masterpieces like LoTR or Book of the New Sun, just a decent read? After all, I can guarantee you it's better than some woman sucking off a Minotaur in a gloryhole, which did manage to get published.
so is pic related any good?
>>282020689They even do NTR so it's perfect for Nips.
>>282024419>bestselling authorgreetings from Kazakhstan
>>282024284actually not that bad honestly
>>282023690I see. And how many cow dicks did she suck before she decided on one?
>>282023916Video games are for children. At least with manga you read and don't support a total goyindustry (yet).
>>282025138>Video games are for childrenMost men are still children
>>282024419I would read 私のパパを連れて行けば、私はあなたのパパを連れて行きます
It's just gonna join JNC's list of failures.>Pulp line is dead>Dre partnership bombing>French line no longer picking up new licenses>German line barely hanging on>BL line already forgotten by fujosMore failures then YP, 7S, Tokyopop and Viz Media combined
>>282025449It sounds bad if they were their own company but they're just another cog in the Kadokawa machine now.
>>282025551I wonder how long Kadokawa is going to tolerate the failures
>>282025633they probably don't mind, JNC is the red headed stepchild where Kadokawa can experiment with random shit like the German/French stuff or the EN originals as well as all the cheap garbate without investing too much (and therefore losing too much if it doesn't succeed) where it's firewalled off from affecting Yen Press who are Kadokawa's real vertically integrated English publisher. Bookwalker Global is also merged with JNC now so they can absorb any losses into the overall BW finances.
>>282025068Anon, you know damn well that she had the entire ranch run through her multiple times before finally picking on the run that was the most addicted to her cunt
>>282020689Maybe there will be a few gems in this sea of shit.We need to wait and observe.
