Most Interesting Facts About My Topic

10 Most Interesting Facts About my Topic

Topic: The process of creating and publishing a graphic novel 
  

1. online scanlation websites are considered illegal because they offer free online content of the artists work.

Note* Scanlation is the scanning, translation and editing of comics from a foreign language into a different language. Scanlation is done as an amateur work and is nearly always done without express permission from the copyright holder.
 
     2. manga publishers are losing money due to the popularity of scanlations


     3. "over 9000" genres and sub-genres of manga


     4. Sales of manga in the U.S. reached $210 million in 2007

     5. it takes at least a month to complete a manga(experienced author of manga) and 3 months for an amateur
      
     6. American publishers usually only accept Japanese licensed manga

     7. Japanese comics are read right-to-left while American comics are read left-to-right
     
     8. jobs within a manga company consist of: inkers, toners, script writers, editors, and textors(word fonts)
    
     9. promoting your work as much as possible helps get you noticed by a publisher

    10. selling your graphic novel at conventions is a great way to promote yourself