DragonBall Chapter Books 9 And 10 Cover Art.

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DragonBall Chapter Books 9 And 10 Cover Art.

Post by Tanooki Kuribo » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:36 pm

Amazon has just put up cover art to the books none of us buy...

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Post by johnboy1 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:58 pm

Seriously, does anyone know if these books are selling at all? I can't see the target demographic being too enthusiastic about buying them.
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Post by IncompetentOverlord » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:19 pm

johnboy1 wrote:Seriously, does anyone know if these books are selling at all? I can't see the target demographic being too enthusiastic about buying them.
I can see it. When I was younger, and first starting to read, I know I would've bought them (Or rather, begged my parents for them). They're great for getting the wee ones just starting out with larger books. I was thinking about bundling them with some Bandai DBZ cards and a Goten figure for my little brother (He's a bit old for them, but I think he would like some exposition on the characters).
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Post by SSJ Helldog » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:38 pm

When I was younger, once I was hooked on a series, I'd buy just about anything. Some of the sadder novelizations I had were The Addams Family (animated series) and Resident Evil. My buddy loved the Doom novels, but he said he could tell that the authors realized how stupid the premise was.
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Post by Raki » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:52 pm

Viz doesn't release stuff that doesn't sell, so people must be buying.
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Post by B » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:01 pm

I remember they used to put out books like this for Pokemon; dumbed down dialog and all. I also remember needing them even though I watched the show, so I could see kids wanting these.
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Post by Dr. Casey » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:28 pm

Heh, volume 10 and they're just at Goku's fight against Jackie Chun. There's going to be 200 of these things by the time they get done.
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Post by DBZfan29 » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:31 am

Dr. Casey wrote:Heh, volume 10 and they're just at Goku's fight against Jackie Chun. There's going to be 200 of these things by the time they get done.
No, more. They'll probably move onto the Z portion of the series, too.
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Post by Big Boss » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:39 am

Do Viz do these "Vizkids" branding to any other of their big name series'?
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Post by Kaiser Gogeta » Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:03 pm

Pokemon Adventures is under the VizKids label.
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