News on the FMP novels from TokyoPop
I hadn't seen this posted here, so I thought I'd share:
Some discouraging words from TokyoPop regarding the "Full Metal Panic" novels ...
Full Metal Panic is an awesome, awesome series, and the people who've read it all seem to love it, but unfortunately, there just haven't been enough of them, and the series is reeeeally long. Unusually strong sales support for the new volume might change some minds on continuing, but with that long a series commitment to contend with, I don't know if I'd hold my breath on that front. Alas...
The entire article is here. It also details the difficulties in marketing the TokyoPop novel series and sheds some light on why they go out of print so fast.
Some discouraging words from TokyoPop regarding the "Full Metal Panic" novels ...
Full Metal Panic is an awesome, awesome series, and the people who've read it all seem to love it, but unfortunately, there just haven't been enough of them, and the series is reeeeally long. Unusually strong sales support for the new volume might change some minds on continuing, but with that long a series commitment to contend with, I don't know if I'd hold my breath on that front. Alas...
The entire article is here. It also details the difficulties in marketing the TokyoPop novel series and sheds some light on why they go out of print so fast.