Monday, February 26, 2007
Yen Press Signs Svetlana Chmakova
:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/26/2007 12:13:00 AM Writing for Publishers Weekly, Calvin Reid reports on the first slate of creative signings to Yen Press, the new comics imprint of Hachette Book Group US. In addition to announcing Yen's entrance into the North American translated manga market, co-publishing director Kurt Hassler announced the acquisition of a new Original English Language manga property by Kitchener, Ontario mangaka Svetlana Chmakova:
"Yen Press has acquired world rights to Nightschool in a deal negotiated by the Judith Hansen Literary Agency. Chmakova's bestselling DramaCon, an original work about a young American manga writer, is a breakout book for the original manga category. Nightschool is set in a school for demons where Chmakova's young heroine has enrolled in order find out the fate of her sister." Labels: manga, publishing
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