Yaoi House, Underground Headed For The Boy-Harem In The Sky?
Misc, News, Novels, Western News March 17th, 2008Tags: bl, iris print, western industry, yaoi, yaoi house, yaoi underground
Western BL took another hit today: the small-press publisher of BL books, Yaoi House, and its sister site, Yaoi Underground (which sells e-chapters of the owner’s fiction), are reportedly both up in the air after owner Kira Takenouchi announced that Yaoi Underground LLC will be terminated and money returned to investors, while she is surrendering her own shares of Yaoi House LLC and leaving it up to the investors to do what they want with it.
When I came across the post it reminded me to check up on Iris Print, another US-based BL publisher (of both comics and prose) that ran into some trouble a while back. They have managed to get two of their prose books, the novel A Strong and Sudden Thaw and the short story collection Connections up and available on Amazon’s Kindle; regular ebooks are also pending, according to owner Kellie Lynch.
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March 17th, 2008 at 9:34 am
that really sucks! i have a few friends that read kiras stuff and are all upset about this! im getting the ebooks from irisprint, hoping they do okay, and have you heard of yaoi magazine (yaoimagazine.com)? i hope they stay strong too! thx for the info!
March 17th, 2008 at 9:44 am
@tina: I do know of yaoi magazine, though I have yet to acquire a copy for myself :)
March 17th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Wow. o_o. I backed off Yaoi House when I got a weird vibe about Kira. She’s very talented, and very nice–but after checking out her net history I decided not to submit any stories. :/ It looks like, from the ramblings in her journal, that she went through a medical issue and has now found G*d. I hope the other shareholders can pull it together; so much for the manga she was planning on releasing.
On the Yaoi Magazine tip…has one purchased and got their ‘Yaoi Magazine’? For sales being ’stampede’ worthy, I’ve yet to see one review or blog entry about it. I submitted an article to them, they got back to me, but then I heard nothing else since that initial email. Anyone?
March 18th, 2008 at 3:53 am
[...] ComiPress and Gia Manry report that small-press manga publisher Yaoi House LLC faces uncertainty after founder Kira [...]
March 18th, 2008 at 3:54 am
[...] Gia notes that the small global yaoi publisher Yaoi House is closing its doors. [...]
April 8th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Hey All,
I am one of the shareholders for Yaoi House LLC, and it’s Web Services Head. I am now the one responsible for hosting all of the sites.
Yaoi House is still very much alive. Heather (The Interim President) and I have been working away at getting another e-commerce solution running, as well as finding authors to pick up stories.
The new “Yaoi Shoppe” should be online within the next 12-24 hours if not sooner. Look for the main page at our website to change and begin linking to our new Shoppe.
If there are any questions I can be reached at tgrossett@yaoihouse.net
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Regards,
Rev. Tyler Grossett
Shareholder
Web Services Head
Yaoi House LLC
https://yaoihouse.net
tgrossett@yaoihouse.net
April 9th, 2008 at 3:30 am
In response to my previous comment,
We are now officially online.
You can checkout the new shop at:
https://yaoihouse.net/shop/
Regards,
Rev. Tyler Grossett
Shareholder
Web Services Head
Yaoi House LLC
https://yaoihouse.net
tgrossett@yaoihouse.net
April 9th, 2008 at 7:14 am
[...] of you may remember that I reported on the strange matter of Yaoi House, a western BL publisher whose owner surrendered all her shares [...]