Wednesday, June 2, 2010

June 2


Manga publisher targets Kindle, iPad

NTT Solmare Corp., the country's largest distributor of comics for cellphone users, will reach out to manga fans overseas by releasing titles for Amazon.com's Kindle electronic book reader and Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer.
According to an NTT Solmare announcement last week, the firm has four current titles for Kindle in English, including "Itsumo Soba ni Iru" (Always by Your Side) and "Zutto Dakishimete" (Hold Me Always), at a cost of $1 to $2 per episode.
For iPad, the company distributes three titles: "Itsumo Soba ni Iru" both in Japanese and English, "Salaryman Kintaro" in Japanese and "Eleven" in Japanese.
It charges 115 yen ($1.26) to 450 yen per volume, including tax. Viewers abroad can purchase them for download using their local currency.

和訳 
NTT Solmare社はアマゾンの電子BOOK読者とアップル社のipadタブレットコンピュータのためにタイトルを発表することによって、海外の漫画ファンに接触しようとしています。現在4つのタイトルがありiPadのために同社は3つのタイトルを配信します。そして海外の読者は彼らの現地通貨を使ってそれらの漫画をダウンロードすることができる。

感想
iPadの影響力はすごいですね。

単語
distributor 配給
currency  通貨

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