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   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 09/28/2011 06:29 PM, billnes wrote:   
   > Hello all,   
   >   
   >       Being that I'm in the NYC-Metro area, having Book Off on W 45th   
   > Street in Manhattan, makes buying brand new manga unnecessary. Unless   
   > it something really special, almost no books or manga in Book Off have   
   > been re-shrinked wraped.   
      
   	Lucky you.  We may have a similar store here in San Francisco   
   but not close by.   As the Web got stronger most of the used book   
   stores closed.  But I am talking about the downtown area and there   
   might be good used book stores in other parts of town.   
   >   
   >       Although Kinokuniya Bookstore is at 10 W 49th Street, I haven't   
   > been there in a very long time.  It's possible that the last time I   
   > was there was pre 9/11.  Since I haven't been there, I don't know if   
   > *every* new manga is shrink wraped.   
   >   
   >       Anybody here been at any Kinokuniya Bookstore reciently?  What   
   > was shrink wraped and what wasn't.  How did it affect your visit to   
   > the shop?  Did it have any impact on you decision to buy something or   
   > not?  Any other observations you care to note would be greatly   
   > appreciated?   
   >   
   > Best regards,   
   > Bill N.   
   > Your humble cinema maintenance man   
      
   	Bill I go to the local SF Kinokuniya manga shop at least   
   weekly.  Some art books are opened up as sample but the ordinary   
   manga (Japanese or English translated) are shrink-wrapped.  I   
   never buy blind any longer but am currently getting 1 volume   
   per month of Family Compo (F.Compo, Xenon Comics) in Japanese \\which is   
   still continuing, despite the fact that with electronic media I have   
   read the whole thing to date already. I feel the author Hojo Tsukase   
   deserves a good income even if a licensed translation never happens. I   
   am glad that Cross Game is out and is something  I haven't read before.   
     But it was the sampling of Adachi's work that is available online that   
   convinced me of his worth.   
      
   	So if you want to know what a given volume is like   
   in artwork and story, Google the name and look for the   
   fan scanalations.  Sometimes just a few lines and pictures   
   are enough to convince you of the need to have a particular   
   book.   
      
   	 bliss   
      
   	   
      
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