GLOBAL YAOI MANGA PUBLISHER SuBLime LAUNCHES EXTENSIVE DIGITAL YAOI MANGA CATALOG ON

AMAZON KINDLE STORE

North America’s Most Diverse Digital Yaoi Manga Collection Is Now Available For The World’s Best-selling e-Reader!

San Francisco, CA, December 23, 2013 – SuBLime, the global yaoi manga publishing initiative between VIZ Media and Japan’s Animate, Ltd. (Animate), has announced the launch of its extensive manga (graphic novel) catalog for Amazon Kindle devices, including Kindle Fire tablets and the new Kindle Paperwhite. Global users of the world’s best-selling e-reader already have instant access via the Amazon Kindle Store to 53 titles by some of the top creators in the yaoi genre. 

Volumes are generally available for purchase and immediate download directly from the Kindle Store for $5.99 (U.S. / CAN) each (subject to Amazon’s own discount). Individual volumes are generally rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers. New series debuts and updates for ongoing titles will be added regularly as part of SuBLime’s regular digital release schedule throughout 2014.

Among the many SuBLime digital releases in the Kindle Store that are sure to capture the attention of fans are several highly acclaimed titles such as AWKWARD SILENCE, by Hinako Takanaga, EMBRACING LOVE, by Youka Nitta, DEVIL’S HONEY, by Isaku Natsume, OKU-SAN’S DAILY FANTASIES, by Noboru Takatsuki, and TABLEAU NUMÉRO 20, by est em, in addition to many more. Please visit the Amazon Kindle Store for a complete list of launch titles. 

“The launch of the SuBLime catalog on the Amazon Kindle Store arrives just in time for the holidays and gives readers a new way to enjoy a diverse selection of fun and sexy yaoi manga with the crisp resolution, compact portability, and affordability the Kindle devices are renowned for,” says Jennifer LeBlanc, Editor, SuBLime. “We look forward to expanding our catalog substantially in the coming year and to utilizing the Kindle Store to deliver even more of the best the yaoi genre has to offer!”

The SuBLime website at www.SuBLimeManga.com will also continue to offer downloadable PDFs for each title that are interoperable with all Kindle devices, with no region restrictions.

For more information on SuBLime’s print and digital titles, please visit www.SuBLimeManga.com, or follow SuBLime on Twitter at @SuBLimeManga, Facebook at facebook.com/SuBLimeManga, or Tumblr at sublimemanga.tumblr.com.

For more information on Amazon Kindle devices, please visit https://kindle.amazon.com.

About SuBLime

SuBLime is a global yaoi/boys’ love manga publisher, and is a partnership between VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, and Japan’s Animate, Ltd. (Animate). This bold, global publishing initiative will present English-speaking fans everywhere with a broad selection of high quality titles. SuBLime will offer titles digitally worldwide available at www.SuBLimeManga.com, with many available in Download-to-Own format, and selections in print also available in English-language editions worldwide.

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EMBRACING LOVE: 

© 2012 Youka Nitta/Libre Publishing

TABLEAU NUMERO 20: 

© 2009 Esutoemu/LibrePublishing