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ALC Publishing Founder: No Plans to Publish Anything New
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
ALC Publishing, announced on her blog on Monday that she is stepping down as the events chair of Yuricon, and also noted that she is "giving up, for the moment, hope of publishing anything new." Friedman added that she and ALC Publishing could not afford print distribution, and also expressed the opinion that fans "don't want digital" manga releases.
ALC Publishing had been announced last week that it will be "concluding its retail and viewing services" on May 30.
Friedman added in her post that she will still be promoting yuri manga through her Okazu blog, and said that she is not "giving up loving Yuri." Friedman added, "I'm merely giving up trying to create a sustainable Yuri market here in the the US." Friedman Rica 'tte Kanji!? yuri manga in English in print, and ALC has assisted with localization of around 20 yuri manga titles.
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