{"id":15470,"date":"2011-12-20T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T21:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15470"},"modified":"2011-12-26T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T21:59:59","slug":"barnes-noble-and-viz-media-bring-the-digital-manga-experience-to-nook-tablet-and-nook-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15470","title":{"rendered":"BARNES & NOBLE AND VIZ MEDIA BRING THE DIGITAL MANGA EXPERIENCE TO NOOK TABLET\u2122 AND NOOK COLOR\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barnes & Noble, Inc.<\/strong> (NYSE: BKS<\/strong>), the leading retailer of digital media and educational products, today announced that it has teamed up with VIZ Media, LLC<\/strong>, the largest distributor and publisher of anime and manga in North America, to bring the digital manga (graphic novel) experience to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers. Debuting in the NOOK Store\u2122 today, VIZ Media\u2019s collection includes 18 series, featuring 107 volumes, from its popular Shojo Beat, Shonen Sunday and VIZ Signature imprints. Volumes are available for purchase and fast download in the U.S. and Canada for $4.99 – $9.99 (U.S. \/ CAN) each. New digital manga volumes, including previews, will be available weekly.<\/p>\n

Viewing manga on NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color is authentic thanks to Barnes & Noble\u2019s newly implemented technology that formats manga in its original right-to-left reading order. Read your favorite graphic novels on the award-winning NOOK 7-inch devices, which feature a full-color VividView\u2122 touchscreen. NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color also give you access to the world\u2019s largest digital bookstore, popular movies, TV shows, music and more through the top entertainment services, as well as a collection of high-quality apps, fast Web browsing and email.<\/p>\n

Over its 25 year history, VIZ Media has led the transformation of manga and anime from a niche category into a mass media phenomenon, telling stories that resonate with audiences and fans all over North America. The VIZ Media library includes global hits like BLACK BIRD, BLEACH, CROSS GAME, KEKKAISHI, NARUTO and VAMPIRE KNIGHT.<\/p>\n

\u201cNOOK Tablet \u00a0and NOOK Color are ideal devices for our customers to enjoy manga in stunning high resolution color that virtually makes the action leap off the page,\u201d said Theresa Horner, Vice President of Digital Content for Barnes & Noble. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to work with VIZ Media to offer NOOK customers access to some of the most popular manga titles available in North America.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Barnes & Noble team and VIZ Media have put together a fantastic manga reading experience by giving NOOK customers full control of their reading experience with the ability to pinch and zoom to dive into the tiniest details\u201d says Alvin Lu, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VIZ Media. \u201cBarnes & Noble has been a major partner with VIZ Media for many years in growing the North American print manga market, and we\u2019re very excited to expand our relationship to make our vast digital library of manga titles available to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers. Over 100 volumes will be available at launch and we look forward to quickly expanding these selections to more than 500 in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following manga titles are available today with many more coming:<\/p>\n

Absolute Boyfriend Vols. 1-6 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Arata: The Legend Vols. 1-8 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT\u201d for Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Backstage Prince Vols. 1 & 2 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT\u201d for Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Beast Master Vols. 1-2 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Black Bird Vols. 1-11 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Children of the Sea Vols. 1-4 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Cross Game Vols. 1-4 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT\u201d for Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Dengeki Daisy Vols. 1-7 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Fushigi Yugi: Genbu KaidEn Vols. 1-9 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

House of Five Leaves Vols. 1-5 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Hyde & Closer Vols. 1-6 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll Give It My All…Tomorrow Vols. 1-4 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Kekkaishi Vols. 1-19 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT\u201d for Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Maoh: Juvenile remix Vols. 1-7 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

not simple \u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Oishinbo Vols. 1-5 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT\u201d for Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturn Apartments Vols. 1-4 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT\u201d for Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

Solanin \u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

What A Wonderful World! Vols. 1 & 2 <\/em>\u00b7<\/em>\u00a0 Rated \u201cT+\u201d for Older Teens<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more information on VIZ Media manga titles, please visit www.VIZ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information on NOOK, please visit www.nook.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To purchase VIZ Media manga titles for the NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color, please visit the NOOK Book Store at www.barnesandnoble.com\/u\/NOOK-Comics-Graphic-Novels-Manga\/379003302\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of digital media and educational products, today announced that it has teamed up with VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and publisher of anime and manga in North America, to bring the digital manga (graphic novel) experience to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers. Debuting in … Continue reading “BARNES & NOBLE AND VIZ MEDIA BRING THE DIGITAL MANGA EXPERIENCE TO NOOK TABLET\u2122 AND NOOK COLOR\u2122”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,22,8,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-books-writing","category-comics","category-multimedia","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}