Do you buy manga new or used? A famous manga author's stance on the matter.

[vivster]

RenCutypoison said:

vivster said:
My stance is that considering the amount of manga that is out there, the industry is quite healthy no matter how it is consumed. Same goes for anime and games.

That said, I never buy used.

While the industry the industry could be considered healthy (if you consider quietly dying healthy), authors are not. Most published authors are either starving and/or working part time on another job. The few that have the chance of having running series would have an ok-ish income if it wasn't for needing to hire multiple assistant to keep up with the deadlines while still working 8-10 hours per day 7 days a week.

Edit : On a personal note I only buy mangas new (but I don't buy a lot of them, and only in my native language), same goes for figures (if they are still available new).

I would consider an industry where people starve by their own volition just to be able to produce content as very healthy. Mangakas are not Foxconn employees that have no other outs.