Broccoli Books Blog

Hi blogger Shiz here.

We found a Chitose costume in our storage room, and thought we’d make it available to Broccoli Books fans.

Here’s the info.

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Galaxy Angel Costume: Chitose Karasuma

Made by COSPA
Size Large
Brand new

Costume includes Chitose’s long coat (white & black), long pleated skirt (navy) and the Angel Troupe brooch (red).

Price: $60.00
Sales tax & UPS Ground shipping included.

Payment method: PayPal or Credit Card over phone

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If you are interested, please email editor(at)broccolibooks.com.

Hi blogger Shiz here.

I finally got around and started working on the HUGE backlog of the dust jacket committee work.

Several notices for those who bought Murder Princess vol 2, Koi Cupid vol 1, sola vol 1 and Nui vol 1.

We never got around to printing the stickers for these books, so we will be sending you alternate items. Koi Cupid & Nui readers will receive Pita-Ten and Di Gi Charat stickers. Murder Princess and sola readers will receive a Galaxy Angel mousepad.

We apologize for the inconvenience & disappointment in not getting you the proper stickers. It’s impossible at this point to get the OK from the licensors to print the stickers for these books.

The dust jackets & stickers will be mailing out tomorrow and the rest of the week!

Hi blogger Shiz here.

Thank you for all of those who came to the warehouse sale. I know the wait was really really long, but I hope you were able to grab a lot of goodies.

It was nice to see a lot of old faces… although we’ll have another free-for-all day for former staff & freelancers next week. I’ll send you guys information about it next week.

I’m tired, so that’s all for tonight.

Hello.

I deleted two comments that were left in the Broccoli Books production blog today because frankly, our staff doesn’t need any of this.

Though the nasty remarks were directed towards the company (or so I would like to believe), each one of our staff.. from the in-house editors & graphics artists; to freelance translators, re-writers, layout artists, coordinators; and marketing and sales staff.. have put a lot of individual and personal efforts into releasing each of the titles and volumes.

None of us, including the management, is deliberately sabotaging the release of any specific titles. We are not going “Ha! We’ll trick those idiots and release a few volumes, then make them suffer not knowing what happens to the rest of the story by stopping production on them! Muhahaha!”

We are all sad that certain titles weren’t finished by Broccoli Books. And we hope that the market & the US publishing industry are healthy enough to re-release the titles in North America in the near future.

We don’t have a say in who licenses the titles once the license is reverted back to the licensors. If you have specific titles you want to see re-released in the US, start a petition or a fan club or anything and let the licensors and US publishers know that there’s a viable market for the specific title in the US. A good milestone is gather 5,000 people who’ll pledge to BUY the book when released.

So once again, I ask that you play nice.

Here are a list of items that will be available at the warehouse sale.
Limited to supplies on hand.

(the list will continue to update throughout the week)

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ART SUPPLIES
* Screentones - $5 per box
One box contains roughly 500 screentones. You will not be able to select which tones you get, but we’ll try to mix the different designs as much as possible.

* Manga paper - $1 for 10 packs
Doujinshi & professional paper sizes available. Paper w/ grid marks & no grid marks; 110kg weight (light) and 135kg weight (heavy). 40 sheets per pack.

* Tools - $1 for 5 units
Burnisher, cutter, eraser, ruler, etc.

* Line pen - $3 per box
One box contains 10 pens. Some boxes have mixed sizes (boxes will be marked if mixed).
Please do NOT open the boxes.

* Ink & Whites - $1 for 5 units

* Light Box - $10 each
Three units available.

* Manga Supply Kit - $10 each
Two units available.

MERCHANDISE
* Small Accessories - $1 for 20 units
Button pin, enamel pin, key chain, zipper charm, rubber stamp, pen & pencil, eraser, ruler, sticker, pencil board, clear file folder, trading card sleeve, memo pad, wrist band.

* Medium Accessories - $1 for 10 units
Cell phone strap, pencil case, arm band, bandana, plastic pouch, notebook.

* Large Accessories - $1 for 5 units
Wash towel, draw-string bag, fan, trading card deck case, windchime.

* Stationery set - $3 each
* Cushion - $1 ~ $4 each

* Plush, large - $4 each
* Plush, small - $2 each

* Trading Figures - $1 for 10 units, $1 for 6 units

* Figures, Blister Pack - $1 for 10 units

* Figures, Window Box - $1 ~ $40 each

* Import CD - $1 each

NON DISCOUNTED ITEMS
* T-shirt
* Hat (Di Gi Charat, Disgaea, FLCL)
* Broccoli Books graphic novel & art book
* Synch-Point DVD

GRAB BAGS
* $5, $10 and $20 bags available.
Limited to supply on hand.

ALL SALES FINAL
CASH ONLY. Please bring small bills.

For a list of rules & guidelines, please visit the previous post.

Broccoli USA will have its final warehouse sale on Friday, 12/12/08.

Date: 12/12/08 (Fri)
Time: 3pm - 7pm

Location:
1728 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
TEL: 310-815-0604

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Rules & Guidelines
* CASH ONLY.
Credit cards will NOT be accepted at the warehouse sale. Please bring small bills.

* Space is limited & only FIVE people will be let in at a time.
Sorry, no appointments.

* To be fair for those who are waiting, there will be a 15 minute time limit to shop (provided there are people waiting). You may get back in the line, if you would like to shop some more.

* Also to be fair for those who are waiting, shoppers are limited to ONE FULL BOX at a time. Shoppers will be assigned boxes & once the box is full of merchandise, it will be sealed & sent out along w/ you. (This will also give you time to take things back to your car in batches) You may get back in the line, if you would like to shop some more.

* Items will NOT be put on “hold” for anyone.

* ALL SALES FINAL.

For a list of products & prices, please look at the next post.

Hello, blogger Shiz here.

Freelancer Dee came by and helped me pack up more boxes for libraries.
A lot of it is similar to the previous boxes, with plenty of stickers, Juvenile Orion keychains and whatnot.

So if any of these libraries are local to you, please head on over & pick up the goodies.

Aiea Public Library (Aiea, HI)
Azusa City Library (Azusa, CA)
Bronx Community College Library (Bronx, NY)
Long Beach Public Library (Long Beach, NY)
Wahiawa Public Library (Wahiwa, HI)
Watsonville Public Library (Watsonville, CA)
Webster Public Library (Webster, NY)

& a private school in San Francisco called ES Academy.

We’ve been getting a lot of requests from Hawaii libraries… so lucky for those of you living over in the islands.

Remember, tell your local libraries to email pr(at)bro-usa.com with the subject line “Broccoli Books Promo Goods.” It helps to know what titles are popular at your library, so I can assemble packages accordingly.

Hello, blogger Shiz here.

I’ve been getting a lot of requests from individuals who are asking for promotional goods.

I’m sorry, we will NOT be sending you anything.

We are only sending promotional items to libraries & anime clubs.
NOT to individual consumers.

If you are interested in receiving the promotional goods, please ask YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY to contact pr(at)bro-usa.com. The information they need to provide is in the previous posts.

PS. Libraries who have sent kind words about the dissolution of Broccoli USA and/or information about their libraries are getting larger packages than those who just request for stuff. Those who are preparing the packages (= me) are human beings too.

PPS. To be less vague, we’re really busy trying to tie all loose ends & cleaning up the office. We (=me) are providing promotional goods because we would like the fans of Broccoli Books to get their hands on these things. Otherwise, the promo goods would be tossed into a trash bin. Don’t waste our time… er, we are taking the time to send these packages, so please be considerate of our situation.

Hi blogger Shiz here.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

I forgot to mention last week that I did a short interview for Publisher’s Weekly. I’m guessing it’s going to be on the online edition, so you should be able to see it soon (if it’s not up already).

Both Kaname (Broccoli USA president) and I answered questions about the reasons why Broccoli USA will be closing the US office, as well as what’s happening to the various licenses.

But I’ve laid out most of the information in the post on Nov 20, so please make sure you read through that before making comments or asking questions.

Hello, blogger Shiz here.

I sent small packages of promo goods to the following libraries.
If you want any of the stuff, please go visit them.

Aina Haina Public Library (Honolulu, HI)
Cook Memorial Public Library (Libertyville, IL)
Cumberland County Public Library (Fayetteville, NC)
Mililani Public Library (Mililani, HI)
Mineola Memorial Library (Mineola, NY)
Pasadena Public Library (Pasadena, CA)
Providence Public Library (Providence, RI)
Richton Park Library (Richton Park, IL)
USAFA Base Library (CO)
Zearing Public Library (Zearing, IA)

Mostly stickers (E’S, Kon Kon Kokon, My Dearest Devil Princess, etc), Juvenile Orion keychains, Piyoko figures & various Di Gi Charat things.

Enjoy!

I’ll pack up more stuff next week.
If your local library isn’t on the list, have the youth librarian email pr(at)bro-usa.com with the subject line “Broccoli Books Promo Goods.”

PS. I’ve received over 50 emails requesting promo goods. Right now I’m prioritizing libraries because the US Postal System has a lovely thing called “library mail” which lets you send packages to libraries and schools at a lower cost.

PPS. If you’re not an officer of an anime club, please don’t email w/ requests.