Jacob Posts
luinthoron wrote...
zarion wrote...
Unless there is a special agreement of some sort we haven't heard of, then the publisher will pocket the licensing fees and Fakku keeps the money it earned on sales.Oh, but we have heard of it. Repeatedly. Jacob has stated again and again that one of his conditions for this deal was that the original artists get their cut as well.
Also, I love the font (size) choice for this. Unlike many scanlations (including this book's), it's most of the time perfectly readable even while viewing the whole page.
Glad you noticed! We have to take into consideration how the book will look when it's printed as well as well as when it's read online, so the font size is a bit larger than normal to accommodate (I think it works really well). Plus it will be really nice to read on your tablet/phone, I'll be posting a pdf download later to make that a little easier.
Don't worry, we are going to continue releasing amazing books. And we have some new titles to announce really soon. Piracy will always exist and that's okay. The best way to support us is to ignore it and help spread the word about our books!
Given the nature of our releases they will be uploaded elsewhere. We chose early on not to implement any form of DRM in our titles (I firmly believe DRM only hurts the actual customer). It's a shame that it was uploaded so quickly, but I honestly expected it. In the end I want paying customers to have the best product possible, the way to beat piracy is to offer a superior product. So let us know how we can improve things on FAKKU, starting with the new online reader.
Like I've said, it's thanks to everyone in this forum that we will be able to continue publishing awesome books despite the piracy. Please don't bother reporting offending websites, the best way to support us is to buy our books! And tell your friends (and family)
Like I've said, it's thanks to everyone in this forum that we will be able to continue publishing awesome books despite the piracy. Please don't bother reporting offending websites, the best way to support us is to buy our books! And tell your friends (and family)
luke5135 wrote...
Hanayome wrote...
El ORLY wrote...
Paying for an artform we love and not feeling like a pirate is a great feeling indeed.I think most Hentai fans now acknowledge that Hentai doesn't come for free and that if we wish for the industry to survive outside of Japan, then must support it.
Some may not agree but I think what killed the Hentai Anime industry here in the U.S was none other than ourselves, the Hentai fans....Back when downloading/torrenting U.S licensed movies was running rampant on all corners of the web. But I guess that couldn't been helped since most of us Hentai fan were still underage and we didn't know any better.
Hopefully now that we have an understanding how this shit works then perhaps we can set things right. Team Fakku has truly brought us to the next-generation of Hentai...and with them taking charge of the industry, I see a bright future for us all. :)
Sorry if I sounded bit preachy :/
I agree.
I hope Fakku can keep up in being this careful about the quality of their books because this release shows that this isn't being done half-assed. The pages look beautiful and the typesetting compliments it well.
While there will be people saying "Fakku sold out", those people weren't interested in buying and they expected this high of quality content for free.
Looking forward to the physical book release and hoping it leaves me wanting to buy more physical copies!
Yes the quality is amazing even the standard def looks amazing.
Glad you noticed, we're trying to set a new standard for what defines standard definition. You should expect all of our releases to be of similar quality.
I'll take a look at your orders and see what's going on, if it's stuck in the "Pending" state that is probably the issue.
We're working through some issues, there are literally too many people trying to fap to the book right now. It should be working again.
sawr wrote...
luinthoron wrote...
Daiz wrote...
luinthoron wrote...
Also, download links name themselves "[Homunculus].htm" by default and due to this offer opening with the browser, you might want to look into that as well.You can't directly download images from the reader. If you want to download pages, you should use the book's download options instead.
That's what I did. The HQ zip version I downloaded also tells me (redownloaded again to check as well) that the archive is corrupted, although it does unzip everything except the first image (000).
me too, and I tried repair achieve but it doesn't work
luinthoron wrote...
Daiz wrote...
luinthoron wrote...
Also, download links name themselves "[Homunculus].htm" by default and due to this offer opening with the browser, you might want to look into that as well.You can't directly download images from the reader. If you want to download pages, you should use the book's download options instead.
That's what I did. The HQ zip version I downloaded also tells me (redownloaded again to check as well) that the archive is corrupted, although it does unzip everything except the first image (000).
Downloads should be working know, the problem was related to the earlier issue.
Here's some recommended music for your ears while reading through chapter 9 of Renai Sample (Younger Sister * Warning).
animefreak_usa wrote...
SneeakyAsian wrote...
animefreak_usa wrote...
Jacob wrote...
Mike also made an attempt at his own wallpaper (which you can find below). Feel free to use this as the indicator of how we are now a professional company with high standards on the content we release.
All is missing is her head coming out of of those vaginas.
[color=#993300]Clone stamp is just wonderful
Yep
Spoiler:
Mother of god. That is amazing.
Seems to be broken if you upload an avatar smaller than the default dimensions, I'll try to get this fixed next week.
FinalBoss wrote...
Is it possible to make a calendar of what h manga will be released for purchase? Renai Sample was announced months ago, it'd be nice to know what other titles will be released in order. BTW, how do you decide in what order the mangas get released? It'd be nice if you could ask the consumers what they'd like to be released via a poll or something.Yeah this is a really good idea, something I will work on next week.
Mike also made an attempt at his own wallpaper (which you can find below). Feel free to use this as the indicator of how we are now a professional company with high standards on the content we release.
Less than 24 hours before the digital release of Renai Sample launches! As a small bonus we took the artwork from the pin-up posters (which will be included in the digital release) and turned them into wallpapers. There wallpapers are 1920x1080, feel free to resize them however you like.
Ccxxx89 wrote...
Ok, thanks!!! Thx for replying! Another question, I can buy it without the need of a Paypal account right? I only fill my ccard info and thats it? Thank you again for replying :)That is correct, you do not need a PayPal account.
When you pre-order the manga it will be added to your account immediately. Once it's available (tomorrow), you'll be able to read it online and download it. We'll be sending out emails to everyone when it goes live.
Misaki_Chi wrote...
Jacob wrote...
Holoofyoistu wrote...
Jacob wrote...
Holoofyoistu wrote...
Have a question for anyone who knows, how does the gifting system work, and can you only gift digital, or is there an option for sending a hard copy?Gifting hasn't officially been announced yet, but I'm glad you noticed! You will only be able to gift digital items to other users.
I was actually thinking gifting would be awsome as soon as I saw that fakku books was a thing, when will gifting be activated? And how will it work, like will they have to accept the gift, or can you just give it to them. Also, I thought it would be cool if we had an anonymous option so we could do secret santas at Christmas.
Gifting is actually live right now! Just go to someones profile that doesn't have a book and click "Send Gift". You can include a personalized message with it, but it will show who actually sent the gift to the user you are gifting.
I'll look into adding the anonymous feature, I think it's a pretty good idea.
Further question about this, how many people can you gift the book to and do you still keep your own digital copy?
There are a few people who ordered multiple paperback copies and as a result they have multiple digital copies as well. In that situation the user could send their extra digital copies to other users.
Gifting is basically just buying a copy of the book for another user, you don't lose or gain anything (except a fancy new achievement I need to think up related to gifting).
Holoofyoistu wrote...
Jacob wrote...
Holoofyoistu wrote...
Have a question for anyone who knows, how does the gifting system work, and can you only gift digital, or is there an option for sending a hard copy?Gifting hasn't officially been announced yet, but I'm glad you noticed! You will only be able to gift digital items to other users.
I was actually thinking gifting would be awsome as soon as I saw that fakku books was a thing, when will gifting be activated? And how will it work, like will they have to accept the gift, or can you just give it to them. Also, I thought it would be cool if we had an anonymous option so we could do secret santas at Christmas.
Gifting is actually live right now! Just go to someones profile that doesn't have a book and click "Send Gift". You can include a personalized message with it, but it will show who actually sent the gift to the user you are gifting.
I'll look into adding the anonymous feature, I think it's a pretty good idea.
Holoofyoistu wrote...
Have a question for anyone who knows, how does the gifting system work, and can you only gift digital, or is there an option for sending a hard copy?Gifting hasn't officially been announced yet, but I'm glad you noticed! You will only be able to gift digital items to other users.
peb2000 wrote...
Couple questions:1) It looks like you're starting off releasing about one book a month, while ramping up production. How many books a month do you eventually envision releasing? How many books do you think you'll release in 2015 (if you can/are willing to say)?
2) Can you look into providing the digital releases in an ebook format? For me, the whole point of a digital release is being able to read it anywhere on my tablet. An ebook format like epub or mobi (or even just a pdf, if all else fails) would be infinitely easier to deal with than a couple hundred jpeg files.
Thanks for answering all our questions!
For the next month or two it will most likely be one book a month (the next book is Punikano by pyon-Kti). As we get familiar with the process and bring in more artists things will move a lot faster, I expect by early next year we will be releasing 2 - 3 books a month.
All digital releases will be available as ebooks! Probably pdf/epub,