DocWatson
01-31-2007, 07:50 AM
This is a preliminary report—I placed my orders on Thursday 25 January, so the books should be arriving soon.
A mention by Gatts that Eros Comix had put out an eromanga entitled Pink Sniper led (eventually) to a shopping spree for that and the Icarus Publishing books that I have been wanting (along with other, newer pre-orders). TRSI does not discount Icarus (except for Got Anime?), nor do they carry (at this time, anyway) Eros, so I was left to seek other sources; my findings:
• Adventures Underground (http://www.advunderground.com): 10% off MSRP (i.e., $17.96), and they carry both Pink Sniper and about half of the Icarus books; $3.75 for the first book, $0.50 each additional book for Media Mail, and $7.50 per order for Priority.
• Anime Wild (http://www.animewild.com/): 17% off MSRP (i.e., $16.56) and very good selection; free shipping on orders of $99 or more.
• Atomic Books (http://atomicbooks.com): No discount, but they carry the recent Eros book and a number of the Icarus ones, along with Eros comic books; $6.00 flat rate shipping (USPS Priority Mail).
• ScifiGenre (http://www.scifigenre.com): 20% off MSRP (i.e., $15.95), and carries everything currently solicited; free shipping on orders of $75 or more.
Disclaimer: I did not check any of these retailers to see if they carry bootlegs, but none of them advertised what I recognized as such on their front pages.
A side note: Eros and Studio Proteus will also be releasing (http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=391) Domin-8 Me (http://www.nekosphere.com/froogle.php?x=FEB073467) (Take On Me by Sessyu Takemura) and Milk Mama (original title) by Yukiyanagi; Super Taboo XXX has been coming out in comic book format (though issue #5 has just been canceled by Diamond for lateness). IOW, Toren Smith is back from his vacation. <EG>
A mention by Gatts that Eros Comix had put out an eromanga entitled Pink Sniper led (eventually) to a shopping spree for that and the Icarus Publishing books that I have been wanting (along with other, newer pre-orders). TRSI does not discount Icarus (except for Got Anime?), nor do they carry (at this time, anyway) Eros, so I was left to seek other sources; my findings:
• Adventures Underground (http://www.advunderground.com): 10% off MSRP (i.e., $17.96), and they carry both Pink Sniper and about half of the Icarus books; $3.75 for the first book, $0.50 each additional book for Media Mail, and $7.50 per order for Priority.
• Anime Wild (http://www.animewild.com/): 17% off MSRP (i.e., $16.56) and very good selection; free shipping on orders of $99 or more.
• Atomic Books (http://atomicbooks.com): No discount, but they carry the recent Eros book and a number of the Icarus ones, along with Eros comic books; $6.00 flat rate shipping (USPS Priority Mail).
• ScifiGenre (http://www.scifigenre.com): 20% off MSRP (i.e., $15.95), and carries everything currently solicited; free shipping on orders of $75 or more.
Disclaimer: I did not check any of these retailers to see if they carry bootlegs, but none of them advertised what I recognized as such on their front pages.
A side note: Eros and Studio Proteus will also be releasing (http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=391) Domin-8 Me (http://www.nekosphere.com/froogle.php?x=FEB073467) (Take On Me by Sessyu Takemura) and Milk Mama (original title) by Yukiyanagi; Super Taboo XXX has been coming out in comic book format (though issue #5 has just been canceled by Diamond for lateness). IOW, Toren Smith is back from his vacation. <EG>