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Originally Posted by Tiamat's Disciple
As for Boogiepop, SSE licensed 4 novels originally, and all have been released, at least according to their site.
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Actually they licensed 6 novels.
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That aside, for LN to become a successful medium in the west it needs the same sort of promotion that manga and anime gets. This means making sure people know whats coming out and where to buy it. IMO their really needs to be a seperate company dealing only with light novels, that way they can give the titles their full focus, and really push them. They've never been anything more than a side concern for most manga publisher
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I think LN should have there own shelf in stores, otherwise people will just think they are manga's and won't buy them.
They also should be aimed at the mainstream audience because the hardcore audience is to small to sustain them.
They should release LNs the way the Haruhi novels are going to do it. release two editions, one for the hardcore fans with a hardcover and one for the mainstream audience with a paperback cover without manga illustrations.