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Sogna/VIPER Series => Sogna VIPER Discussion => Topic started by: Visioned on August 30, 2009, 07:04:03 pm

Title: software novel
Post by: Visioned on August 30, 2009, 07:04:03 pm

Do people actually pay for amateur  software novels or doushinji?

Title: Re: software novel
Post by: Satoru182 on August 30, 2009, 08:31:55 pm

Quote from: Visioned on August 30, 2009, 07:04:03 pm

Do people actually pay for amateur  software novels or doushinji?

Yes.

Title: Re: software novel
Post by: DualSoul on August 31, 2009, 04:19:03 pm

Quote from: Satoru182 on August 30, 2009, 08:31:55 pm

Quote from: Visioned on August 30, 2009, 07:04:03 pm

Do people actually pay for amateur  software novels or doushinji?

Yes.

+1

I would be one of those people.

Title: Re: software novel
Post by: Hyperguy on August 31, 2009, 04:33:08 pm

There's sites that help amateurs sell their work too, like DL Site (http://eng.dlsite.com/).

Title: Re: software novel
Post by: JG on August 31, 2009, 09:26:50 pm

I've paid for doujinshi as well.  I own several Graf Zeppelins and possess quite a few more, both VIPER- and non-VIPER-related.

Japan has a very weak character copyright law compared to Western countries, which allows fans to distribute and get paid for original works without paying licensing fees to the original artist or copyright holder. Combine that with cheap publication firms (or even cheaper Internet distribution) and a decent artist can make a name for themselves, and not quite as proficient artists can at least make a buck now and then.  In some cases it can even improve the awareness of original work.  For example, RSR is now, without question, more popular than it was 3 or 4 years ago thanks to Cala doujinshi.  Sure, it doesn't help Sogna now, but don't tell me Square hasn't benefited from Tifa/Aeris/Yuffie/Garnet/Yuna doujinshi, or that a hundred other companies haven't gained at least a few fans through inexpensive and widespread doujinshi.