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YaoiGen Holiday Sale Offers Savings on Shipping

YaoiGen Holiday Sale

Joining the other boys’ love publishers offering some spiffy deals this season, the semi-still-new-kid-on-the-block, Yaoi Generation, is offering cheap savings on shipping their books around the world. (via TheYaoiReview)

Until January 1st, all books shipped to Canada and the US will be free of shipping costs. Also for a select other number of countries, all books will be shipped at a flat-rate of $2/US. These countries are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Currently the company has released volumes 1-4 of Chifumi Ochi’s breath, an enjoyable mature boys’ love read that I’d recommend to any fan of the genre. YaoiGen offers up quite a few deals throughout the year as well so certainly keep an eye out for future ones in 2010 and the first releases of their next series.


Media Blasters March Releases

If there’s something more fun than reveling in what boys’ love is available now, it’s looking forward to what’s available in the future! Media Blasters – more specifically their imprint Kitty Media – has officially confirmed its March releases, and with a company so short on online resources for publicizing their books (not keen on the Flash-only website interface, MB), I can at least make the information available here. Both titles have also been added to the release schedule. Enjoy!


Drawn To YouDRAWN TO HIM
Author: You Higashino

Synopsis: “Tomoki was specifically requested by Tougo Tsubaki, popular romance novelist to do the illustrations for his novels. Tougo calls it “inspiration“ and seduces Tomoki. A love that started from sex…! His heart is racing and his body is so hot! Drawn to him is a manga artist’s professional and private life, with lots of sex!”

Street Date: 3/24/2010
ISBN 1598835084
Price: $11.99/US – $13.99/CAN
Rating: Mature (18+)
Pages: 184 Pages

Key Selling Points

  • Author You Higashino is considered the smut god in Japan with 10 yaoi/mature bestselling releases to his name.
  • He is widely known for writing about shy young men thrown into relationships with older, more experienced men.
  • He is also the creator of the Japanese classic The Man Called Tsuaari (collectors editions found on Amazon for $50+).
  • Projected media coverage: exposure on mania.com (1 million unique visitors per month).

Because of Love BECAUSE OF LOVE
Author: Naoka Kasuga

Synopsis: “Could you stop acting like my older brother already? I told you not to tease me, didn’t I? I’m not going to stop even if you beg me now.” Hana always seems to catch Nodoka at the most unflattering moments. I don’t like Hana treating me like his little brother. I’m not in high school (middle school) anymore. Tempted by Hana’s flirtatious demeanor, Nodoka takes Hana by force and…?! A story about a guy pursuing his older crush. (Heart) This book contains many short stories.”

Street Date: 3/31/2010
ISBN 1598835807
Price: $11.99/US – $13.99/CAN
Rating: Mature (18+)
Pages: 200 Pages


Y!Gallery Seeks New Staff Members

yGallery

Y!Gallery (or rightly named, Yaoi Gallery) – the online home of nearly any and all things guy on guy related and very much for Adults Only – is currently looking for new staff to join their team. The website has recently gone through issues when its temporary new owner fled with some funds, but now back under new management and with a shiny new server under their belt, the site is looking for some trust-worthy moderators to help keep the fan-community behemoth in check.

Have a few hours each week to spend spelunking through every male-coupling imaginable from a vast pool of artists, writers and creators? Then this may be the volunteer work for you. The position entails “moderating the site, upholding the Terms of Service, and answering users questions in Gallery Star Runners” (Y!Gallery’s Help Desk).


Official Launch of Boys-Luv.com!

Boys love and yaoi have always been the most used search terms for visitors coming to my main manga and review website, Kuriousity, so it seemed a natural fit to have a sister-of-sorts website for just such fans – thus on December 5 2009 came about Boys-Luv.com!

Much thanks and credit for the site goes to the helpful staff of Digital Manga who inspired me with their colourful, multi-imprint websites and utilized tools to create them. And more credit where it is certainly due: the gorgeous header image used above is from Fusanosuke Inariya’s Maiden Rose series which Digital Manga will release volume one of in March 2010.

While Boys-Luv.com and Kuriousity will have predominantly overlapping boys’ love related posts, there will still be site-specific material created just for here. On the sidebar you can currently find a short about page, a list of boys’ love book reviews and a release calendar for all your advance planning needs.

Though I’ve already got some work-in-progress projects and a public call for a new reviewer to join the team, I’d still love everyone’s input – what kinds of news and features are you interested in seeing on Boys-Luv.com? Let me know in the comments and help me make Boys-Luv.com the place to go for fulfilling your boys’ love kuriousity :)


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