@Zenko

Member since Jun 2022 • United States

About

Zenko has been publishing indie manga since 2017. As a self-taught artist and long-term painter, struggled with gallery work until being introduced to comics and ink in 2015; taking to it happily.

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@Zenko

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8 months ago

Re: Comments are disabled but shouldn't be
Funny update, the EXACT same bot spammed me on Manga+ (I think Shiuesha have abandoned that site)
Very certainly a nsfw bot.
The hard work behind the scenes really makes Global a great site to be on.

@Zenko

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8 months ago

Re: Comments are disabled but shouldn't be
Thank you ArtCrumbs, hopefully they will simmer down soon, I appreciate the insight.

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8 months ago

Re: Comments are disabled but shouldn't be
Maybe they are spam, and auto blocked..?

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8 months ago

Comments are disabled but shouldn't be
I received a notification of a comment on a recent release. When I go to read it, apparently comments are disabled. When I check the comic settings, comments are enabled.
Is there some hidden setting I'm missing? Do I have to pay to read comments?
Please help.

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3 years ago

Re: What songs do you like to listen to while you work? (send me some recommendations!)
Mostly videos of people talking, it's like white noise - books and music make my mind wander too much.
Sometimes I need music to set a mood for a drawing - then probably soundtrack music like Interstellar, Inception, something like that.

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4 years ago

Re: What does "ultimate success" mean to you?
@Red22Studios that margin isn't bad, but all depends on what you want/need.
A printer distributor (if you are the self publisher) will take some for print and shipping, which means you don't have to. If you are only doing short runs of small books, it may be preferable to do a print run and keep them under your bed, shipping them out yourself.
If you have lot going out and no time , it helps to have someone else take care of it. Bookstores ask for a 30-55% discount so they can make some money to cover their costs or offer discounts etc. The money is made in bulk sales, large numbers also bring down the print cost.

Short books are hard to move that way. Personally I've found 150 pages is a good minimum for a paperback.
For my own books, 235 pages, about $5 each to print, $13 cover price (manga tank average price). Without the shop discount, I get just less than $5 a copy. But for that I don't have to mess with shipping and storage. They print world wide. If order a case at cost, I make $8 per copy, but I have to lug them around and haggle them in person. I'm ok losing $3 to have it taken care of, so I can draw more and develop more titles to sell.

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4 years ago

Re: What does "ultimate success" mean to you?
Ultimate success... a smooth working publishing machine, helping others live their dreams, bringing success to other creators and helping them develop their work, developing a manga industry here in the west....
It used to be to live off of my own manga, but now I have bigger goals that have grown out of it.

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