Comments on: serenity: bad girl in town http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2005/12/serenity-bad-girl-in-town/ on young adult books Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sally Apokedak http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2005/12/serenity-bad-girl-in-town/#comment-139 Sally Apokedak Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:44:05 +0000 http://paraklesis.com/childrens_publishing_news/?p=73#comment-139 Great question about the price. These books are expensive. The Serenity book is list priced at $10.95, but Amazon sells it for $7.97. That is right in line with the price of other manga (mangas? mangi? heh heh who knows what the plural form of the word is?) The deal is this: You can find manga twice as long for just a couple of bucks more. They are in the traditional black and white, though. Serenity is full color and when I compared it with other full color manga, Serentiy was the cheapest I could find. I'll be interviewing Buzz shortly so I'll be sure to ask him about this. The thing about price is this--if you love something then eight bucks seems like nothing to spend (how many people do you know that spend four bucks a day on lattes on the way to work?) . If you don't love the thing, eight bucks is a fortune. Of course, Christian manga has to be beautiful and priced comparatively. Otherwise it will feel like a rip off. But if you have a manga lover in the family, he'll not think the price of Serenity is out of line. Great question about the price. These books are expensive. The Serenity book is list priced at $10.95, but Amazon sells it for $7.97. That is right in line with the price of other manga (mangas? mangi? heh heh who knows what the plural form of the word is?) The deal is this: You can find manga twice as long for just a couple of bucks more. They are in the traditional black and white, though. Serenity is full color and when I compared it with other full color manga, Serentiy was the cheapest I could find. I’ll be interviewing Buzz shortly so I’ll be sure to ask him about this.

The thing about price is this–if you love something then eight bucks seems like nothing to spend (how many people do you know that spend four bucks a day on lattes on the way to work?) . If you don’t love the thing, eight bucks is a fortune. Of course, Christian manga has to be beautiful and priced comparatively. Otherwise it will feel like a rip off. But if you have a manga lover in the family, he’ll not think the price of Serenity is out of line.

]]> By: Rebecca LuElla Miller http://www.sally-apokedak.com/whispers_of_dawn/2005/12/serenity-bad-girl-in-town/#comment-138 Rebecca LuElla Miller Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:00:40 +0000 http://paraklesis.com/childrens_publishing_news/?p=73#comment-138 Excellent review. I am not a fan of <i>manga</i> (which has more to do with my being a former English teacher than anything else), but you have built a very good case for Buzz Dixon's work. BTW, do you know if the price of this product compares favorably with what is in the secular market? I'd be curious. (I saw it in a CBA store and thought it was pricey). Becky Excellent review. I am not a fan of manga (which has more to do with my being a former English teacher than anything else), but you have built a very good case for Buzz Dixon’s work.

BTW, do you know if the price of this product compares favorably with what is in the secular market? I’d be curious. (I saw it in a CBA store and thought it was pricey).

Becky

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