Newsarama reports that Japanese ebook seller Papyless is going to be putting a bunch of Tezuka works online for Japanese readers starting March 18th, including my personal favorite, Blackjack. Each volume will cost ¥105 (about $1.02 USD) and must be read within 48 hours.
Not bad for a dead guy, eh? I’ll be checking in to see if the volumes will be available for non-Japan-based readers as well.
Tags: ebooks, legal downloads, osamu-tezuka, papyless
March 12th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Good idea. But what am I going to do if i want to read something again. I guess I could pay for about 10 times before the pricing comes in to effect.
June 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Hi, its may interest you to know that I will soon be one of the first gajin manga ka to have his work available on Papyless ebook form. I am a British write who lives adn works in Japan with Japanese manga ka. My own book LAFCADIO HEARN’S JAPANESE GHOST STORIES will be made available for Japanese keitai/cell phone and PC download within the next two months. Gambaru!
Sean Michael Wilson
http://www.papy.co.jp/